Six Acts
Six Acts of Parliament introduced in the aftermath of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, intended to quash any further protests in support of parliamentary reform.
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008
Act of Parliament repealing more than 250 Acts of Parliament no longer considered to be of practical use.
Married Women’s Property Act 1870
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that allowed married women to be the legal owners of money they earned and to inherit property.
Education Act 1496
Act of the Scottish Parliament to make education mandatory for the eldest sons of barons and freeholders.
Sarah Malcolm
British triple murderer executed in March 1733, sketched by William Hogarth as she was waiting her execution.
Posset
Drink made from milk curdled by the addition of an acidic liquid such as wine or ale, which evolved into an early form of trifle.
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.