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1920: Georgiana Buller; [14] Clara Butt; [15] Alice Chisholm; [15] The Dowager Countess of Eglinton; [15] The Countess of Gosford; [15] Catherine Hunt; [15] The Countess of Leicester; [15] The Lady Melchett; [16] Beryl Oliver, [15] Ethel Pearson; [16] Una Pope-Hennessy; [15] The Dowager Viscountess Rhondda; [15] Louise Samuel; [15] Ethel Shakespear; [15] The Lady Talbot of Malahide; [15 ...
Historiography of the United Kingdom; List of female members of the House of Lords; Social history of England; Social history of the United Kingdom (1945–present) Suffrage in the United Kingdom; The Women's Peace Crusade; Timeline of Female MPs in the House of Commons; Women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom; Women in the House of ...
In 2013, the first oral history archive of the United Kingdom women's liberation movement (titled Sisterhood and After) was launched by the British Library. [ 123 ] Sisters Uncut was founded in 2014 to take direct action in response to cuts to domestic violence services by the UK government, which has included demonstrating against cuts at 7 ...
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland (2009–2013): As prime minister, she was the world's first openly lesbian world leader, first female world leader to wed a same-sex partner while in office. Elizabeth II , United Kingdom (1952–2022): In 2015, she became the longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state in world history.
The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom founded in 1903. [1] Known from 1906 as the suffragettes , its membership and policies were tightly controlled by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia .
In the 1960s-1970s, Women's Studies and Gender Studies courses were formalised in adult, further, and higher education at colleges and universities in the UK. [58] Juliet Mitchell created the first course named ‘Women's Studies’ at the Anti-University in 1968, with the first MA launching at Kent in 1980. [59]
Women’s History Month is a welcome reminder to celebrate the incredible efforts of all women — past, present and future.. Little by little, we're seeing a shift in the way the world looks at ...
DiCaprio, Lisa, and Merry E. Wiesner, eds. Lives and Voices: Sources in European Women's History (2000) excerpt and text search; Hughes, Sarah S., and Brady Hughes, eds. Women in World History: Readings from Prehistory to 1500 (1995), 270pp; Women in World History: Readings from 1500 to the Present (1997) 296pp; primary sources; Margaret ...