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Recognising inspirational women

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, June 26, 2013 — Uncategorized

Maria Miller was appointed as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in September 2012.

In the month that we mark the centenary of Emily Wilding Davison’s death and everything she and her fellow suffragettes fought for, it is vital that we recognise the many inspirational women in our history in the same way that we recognise the leading male figures of the past.

Emily Wilding Davison – A remarkable life

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, June 10, 2013 — Culture

From The Women’s Library at the London School of Economics

Liz Chapman, of The Women’s Library at the London School of Economics, explains how their online exhibition on suffragist Emily Wilding Davison documents not only an infamous death, but a remarkable life