Slim pamphlet titled ‘The Commons Debate on Woman Suffrage with a reply by Christabel Pankhurst, L.L.B.’, which begins: “The second reading of the Women’s Enfranchisement Bill has been carried by a large majority, and our object now is to force the Government to adopt the Bill. The difficulty of this task has been increased by Mr. Stanger’s [Henry Yorke Stanger, Liberal Party] ill-advised compromise with the opponents of the Bill.”
Collection Items
Selected items from the GWL Library, Archive and Museum Collections. For a more comprehensive view of material in our collections, please search our online catalogues.
Suffrage Fallacies: Sir Almroth Wright on “Militant Hysteria”
Anti-suffrage pamphlet of a letter reprinted from The Times, 1912.
Women and the New Franchise Bill (1884)
Slim pamphlet originally printed for private circulation, titled ‘Women and the New Franchise Bill: A Letter to an Ulster Member of Parliament’ by Isabella M. S. Tod, dated March 1884.
Caroline Phillips: Aberdeen Suffragette and Journalist
This publication by Sarah Pederson explores the life and work of Caroline Phillips in the context of the women’s suffrage movement in the north east of Scotland.
Yours in the Cause
Slim booklet titled ‘Yours In The Cause: Suffragettes in Lewisham, Greenwich and Woolwich’ by Iris Dove. The cover image is a sketch made by Sylvia Pankhurst in Holloway Prison, from ‘Votes from Women’ newspaper, 7th January 1909.
The Scottish Women’s Suffrage Movement
Paperback pamphlet titled ‘The Scottish Women’s Suffrage Movement’, compiled by Elspeth King to accompany the Government sponsored “Right to Vote” exhibition organised to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Representation of the People Act.
The Life of Emily Davison: An Outline
Small paperback biography of Emily Wilding Davison, with an In Memoriam leaflet and sutting from The Suffragette.
When Language Runs Dry, Issue #4
A Zine containing prose and poems written by people with chronic pain.
Well Woman – A Guide to Women’s Health
An educational booklet for women about their health needs. It covers a range of topics from self care, sexual organs, mental health, birth control, menopause and STDs.
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses
A booklet looking at the history of medical practice. This booklet delves into the suppression of female healers in the European witch hunts, and how that shapes the sexism in the current medical system.