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‘Who to immortalise as a sculpture? The centenary of suffrage in Britain and competing narratives of women’s emancipation’

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29th August 202329th August 2023

I am delighted that an article ‘Who to immortalise as a sculpture? The centenary of suffrage in Britain and competing narratives of women’s emancipation’ by Julie Gottlieb (Professor of Modern…Read More >

‘Who to immortalise as a sculpture? The centenary of suffrage in Britain and competing narratives of women’s emancipation’

Congratulations Alexis Bowater OBE!

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10th June 2022

The whole of the Astor100 team were delighted and extraordinarily proud to hear the news that the Alexis Bowater, Chair of the Nancy Astor Statue Committee received an OBE in…Read More >

Congratulations Alexis Bowater OBE!

A 2020 Plymouth perspective on 100 years of women’s suffrage and parliamentary representation by Linda Gilroy

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17th August 202024th August 2020

For our latest LONG READ, we are delighted to welcome Linda Gilroy, MP for Plymouth Sutton 1997-2010. Here Linda details Plymouth’s proud history of supporting women’s politics from suffrage to…Read More >

A 2020 Plymouth perspective on 100 years of women’s suffrage and parliamentary representation by Linda Gilroy

Remembering Astor in Parliament by Dr Mari Takayanagi

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14th July 202014th July 2020

Remembering Astor in Parliament Dr Mari Takayanagi Astor100 has been a great opportunity to promote women’s history in Parliament! As a Senior Archivist in the Parliamentary Archives, I’ve been working…Read More >

Remembering Astor in Parliament by Dr Mari Takayanagi

The First Article by Professor Pat Thane kicks off our OLH Special Collection: Nancy Astor, Public Women and Gendered Political Culture in Interwar Britain

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9th July 202014th September 2020

We are very pleased to announce that the long needed ‘go to’ collection on Nancy Astor is now live at the Open Library of Humanities. The Special Collection is edited by…Read More >

The First Article by Professor Pat Thane kicks off our OLH Special Collection: Nancy Astor, Public Women and Gendered Political Culture in Interwar Britain
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