Flapper
Term used to describe a sub-culture of young women in the aftermath of the First World War, intent on pleasure and flouting conventional standards of behaviour.
Alice Glaston
Probably the youngest female to be legally executed in England, in 1546.
Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928
Act of the UK Parliament that gave equal voting rights to men and women.
Holloway Brooch
Awarded to women imprisoned in Holloway for militant suffragette activity, by the Women’s Social and Political Union.
Marion Wallace Dunlop
First suffragette to go on hunger strike, on 5 July 1909.
Hunger Strike Medal
Awarded by the Women’s Social and Political Union to those suffragettes who had gone on hunger strike during their imprisonment.
The Vote (newspaper)
Suffragette newspaper published from 1909 until 1933.
Eleanor Stewart
Scottish trade unionist and political activist (born 1889).
Act of Six Articles 1539
Act of Parliament introduced to curb excessive Protestant reform and to impose religious conformity.
Recusant
Redirected to Act of Uniformity 1558.