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This page follows historian Dr. Sheila Hanlon's past and recent research projects. Her interests include Victorian and Edwardian cycling history and the WWI and WWII Women's Land Army, both in Canada and Britain.
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Sylvia Pankhurst Memorial Lecture 2018, “Pedalling Days”
The Sylvia Pankhurst Memorial Lecture 2018 took place at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield before a packed audience. The topic was “Pedalling Days: Sylvia Pankhurst and Political Cycling Traditions from Clarionettes to Suffragettes.” Previous speakers have included Dr Helen Pankhurst and Dr … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, christabel pankhurst, clarion, cycling, lecture, statue, suffrage, sylvia pankhurst, WSPU
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1918 Representation of the People Act Centennial
Image: Parliamentary Archives, HL/PO/PU/1/1918/7&8G5c64 The 1918 Representation of the People Act granted the vote to women over the age of 30 who met property requirements. It … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, centennial, cycling, representation of the people act, suffrage, women
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Alice Hawkins: Leicester’s Working Class Suffragette Cyclist
Image: Leicester Mercury, 2017 The story of women’s suffrage is often presented as set in London and exclusively driven by middle and upper class women. Activists like Alice Hawkins, founder of the Leicester Women’s Suffrage and Political Union, however, were … Continue reading
Tagged alice hawkins, bicycle, leicester, suffrage
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Happy Holidays from Cycling to Suffrage!
Cycling to Suffrage is looking forward to a busy 2018! It’s a bumper year for bicycling and suffrage, during which we’ll celebrate 200 years Denis Johnson’s proto-bicycle hobbyhorse patent and 100 years since the limited franchise was achieved for women under the Representation … Continue reading
Flora Drummond: The Suffragette General
Prominent suffragette Flora Drummond (1878-1949), or “The General” as she was known in WSPU circles, played a key role in organising the marches, processions, and parades characteristic of the suffrage campaign. As an extension of this role, she oversaw the … Continue reading
Suffragettes on Wheels Talk at LBK, April 28th
Suffragettes on Wheels: The Bicycle and the Edwardian Votes for Women campaign, Talk at The London Bike Kitchen, April 28th I’ll be presenting an all cycling, all campaigning suffragettes on wheels bonanza Monday 28 April at the London Bike Kitchen. … Continue reading
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“Cycling to Suffrage” on The Bike Show, Resonance Radio
Want to know what an 1885 photo of a wax mannequin on a tricycle tells us about the dress reform movement? Or hear how the residents Malden reacted to the sight of a lady cyclist’s bloomers in 1890? Tune in to The … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, cycling to suffrage, history, new woman, radio, resonance, suffrage, The Bike Show, women
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Pedalling Pilgrims: Cyclists and the 1913 NUWSS Pilgrimage
At the height of the Edwardian suffrage movement, a number of organisations held mass marches and pilgrimages to publicise the “Votes for Women” campaign. The postcard above shows a group of participants on the 1913 NUWSS Pilgrimage. These pilgrims … Continue reading
Pank-a-Squith Board Game, c. 1909
Cycling was one of many forms of leisure integrated into the suffrage campaign. Games, toys and other novelties were produced by a number of organisations to promote the principles of the suffrage movement, announce events, and raise funds. Pank-a-Squith, the … Continue reading
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Suffragette Rosa May Billinghurst Detained by Police, c. 1910s
Rosa May Billinghurst (1873-1953) was born and raised in Lewisham. As a child, she was stricken with an illness causing paralysis from which she never fully recovered. Her condition did not, however, deter her from joining the WSPU in 1907 … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, billinghurst, history, militant, rosamaybillinghurst, suffrage, suffragette
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