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Beyond the Ballot

Women’s Rights and Suffrage from 1866 to Today

Claire Kennan, Abbie Evans, Claire Bogue, Matthew Smith, Steven Franklin, and Naomi Paxton

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  • The myth and reality of women’s experience of the nineteenth century through literature, art, work and the law;
  • The case studies of four pioneering women whose campaigns for issues other than the vote laid the foundation for the women’s suffrage campaign;
  • The movements and milestones in campaigning for votes for women;
  • The impact of the First World War and the passage of the 1918 Representation of the People Act;
  • The campaign for equality after 1918 and the impact of the first women MPs;
  • The relationship between protest and political change and how Suffragette militancy would be regarded today.

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