Today the 6th of February marks the centenary of the Representation of the People Act of 1918 which resulted in the partial enfranchisement of some women in the UK.
Banner from the Gude Cause march commemorating the suffrage procession of 1909 in Edinburgh © Fiona Skillen (banner made by F. Skillen and V. Wright)
Here at Women’s History Scotland we’ve been busy working away on our suffrage learning resource which will be launched as part of Dundee Women’s Festival on 10 March.
https://twitter.com/VAWright10/status/955803261658951680
But in the meantime here’s a brief (and selective!) round up of celebrations here in Scotland and beyond:
https://twitter.com/womenslibrary/status/960804181975207937
https://twitter.com/LesleyOrr14/status/960829475041800192
(Follow the whole thread of Lesley’s tweets)
Also see the The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women for details of suffrage campaigners both militant and constitutional in Scotland.
Here’s a great resource from the National Library of Scotland – an excellent place to research Scotland’s suffrage history:
https://twitter.com/NLSlearn/status/960800342404411392
And don’t forget our own ‘Resources for Schools: Women, the Great War, and the Vote‘
The OU are also commemorating suffrage with this excellent resource:
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/100-years-votes-some-women
And also see the free access centenary collection from Women’s History Review
https://twitter.com/womenshistrev/status/960811323658555392
Finally, and importantly, here are some links to important historical correctives and analysis from Dr Sumita Mukherjee:
https://twitter.com/smukherjee_hist/status/960795997659045888
https://twitter.com/smukherjee_hist/status/960793955414827008
Valerie Wright (University of Glasgow)
See also the Suffrage Pioneers Project which has at least 3 Scottish Women in its first cohort including Helen Crawfurd and Jessie Stephen.
http://www.suffrage-pioneers.net