Download and listen to our new Women and Power podcast series exploring the stories behind key characters in the suffrage debate. In this five-part series we lift the lid on our archives to uncover the seldom-told stories of maids, mill-workers, politicians and even royalty, who fought and campaigned to help shape the world we live in today.
Presented by journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Wark, the podcast series visits some of our places most closely associated with figures in the suffrage movement. The campaign led to some British women being granted the right to vote, a right they had previously been denied.
From the beginnings of working class unrest in mid-18th century Manchester through to the modern day impact of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, these five episodes unveil the history behind the movement. They tell the largely untold stories of campaigners, for and against suffrage, and the tales of determination and sacrifice which often accompanied them.
Join us as we mark 100 years since some women gained the right to vote, with our Women and Power programme of exhibitions, talks and events.
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2018 marked 100 years since some women were granted the right to vote. To honour this milestone, we explored stories and personalities from women’s history and the fight for female suffrage through exhibitions, events and more.
We marked 100 years since some women were granted the right to vote by exploring the history of women and female suffrage at our places.
Many of our places were home to impassioned people who campaigned for female suffrage. Discover the stories of those who championed female empowerment
Our new guidebook, Women and Power: The Struggle for Suffrage, marks 100 years since some women were granted the right to vote. Discover the story of the suffrage movement through the debates heard in the drawing rooms, kitchens and bedrooms of National Trust houses, as the country argued over whether, and how, a woman should have a voice in public life. New research has uncovered stories about the people involved in the fight for and against women’s suffrage.