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Vote 100: Video resources

Watch our YouTube video resources on women and Parliament through history.

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Caroline Norton

'Caroline Norton: England's First Feminist Law-Maker' - International Women's Day lecture 2017 for the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art by Diane Atkinson

Sophia Duleep Singh: Suffragette Princess

‘Sophia: Suffragette Princess', talk by Anita Anand for Women's History Month 2017

Alice Bacon

‘Alice Bacon – Labour's Forgotten Reformer', talk by Rachel Reeves MP for Women's History Month 2017

Constance Markievicz

‘Constance Markievicz: Feminist, Socialist and Revolutionary' talk by Senia Paseta for Women's History Month 2017

Podcast on suffrage in Parliament

This podcast looks at the actions of suffragettes and suffragists in Parliament. Mike Greenwood talks to experts in Parliament and to those who have been inspired by the movement to extend suffrage to women.

Nancy Astor

Nancy Astor: the first woman to sit in the House of Commons 1919-1945

Irene Ward

Irene Ward MP (1895-1980), doughty parliamentarian and campaigner, International Women's Day lecture 2015 for the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art by Helen Langley

The Women's Freedom League

The Women's Freedom League, Muriel Matters and the Campaign for Votes for Women, talk by Clare Eustance for Women's History Month 2016

Alice Hawkins: A Suffragette

Alice Hawkins: A Suffragette', a talk by Peter Barratt for Women's History Month 2016

A Most Independent Member

A Most Independent Member: Eleanor Rathbone MP (1872-1946) - International Women's Day lecture 2016 for the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art by Susan Cohen

Margot Asquith and the Role of the Political Hostess

Margot Asquith and the Role of the Political Hostess, International Women's Day lecture 2013 for the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art by Krista Cowman

Parliament and Suffragettes

Parliamentary Outreach open lecture 2014 on Parliament and Suffragettes, by Mari Takayanagi

Suffragettes in Birmingham

Four Dwellings High School students and Kingstanding youth group research Birmingham suffragettes for People & Parliament: Connecting with Communities project 2010

Women in Parliament in WW1 and WW2

Women in Parliament in the First and Second World Wars, Women's History Month lecture 2014 by Mari Takayanagi

The Mighty Atom

Ellen Wilkinson and Parliamentary politics, International Women's Day lecture 2014 for the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art by Paula Bartley

Vanishing for the Vote

The suffragette boycott of the 1911 census, Women's History Month lecture 2014 by Jill Liddington, Patricia Thane and Elizabeth Crawford

Striking a Light

The Matchwomen who changed the World, Women's History Month 2014 lecture by Louise Raw

Campaigning for the Vote

From MP's daughter to suffrage organiser: Kate Parry Frye, talk for the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art 2012 by Elizabeth Crawford