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Votes for women: the history of women's suffrage and lessons for today

Reflecting on the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, King's academics Dr Anna Maguire and Dr Alice Evans reflect on the events of the past, and how they can inform contemporary activism.

Dr Anna Maguire from King's History department discusses key milestones and events in the suffrage campaign, linking the Representation of the People Act of 1918 to the suffrage movement's roots in the 1860s - although the Act only allowed a select group of women to vote.

Dr Alice Evans, Lecturer in the Social Science of Development, discusses four key drivers of the women's suffrage movement across the world, including the importance of seeing women in employment, the inspirational impact of social mobilisation for demonstrating that change is possible.

Images courtesy of the Museum of London, The Women’s Library – LSE and the Imperial War Museum.
Music: “Inspired” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

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Alice Evans

Senior Lecturer in the Social Science of Development

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