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THE EMPIRE

... THE EMPIRE Protests in Britain centred on the Suffragette (Votes for Women) movement. Women began to be arrested, then sentenced, then jailed and then finally, when they went on hunger strikes, force fed. In February 1908 leader Emmeline Pankhurst, then ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 229 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

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... 19th. She combined a demanding career with running a home and having children. century Britain, long before the days of suffragettes and their fight for the vote. She was a liberated woman, years ahead of her time. This new selection of Mrs Beeton's Original ...

Published: Tuesday 18 January 2000
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 243 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Oldest guild forced to dishand

... as poor membership and lack of funds forced it to disband. The guild is a national organisation which arose out of the Suffragette movement aimed at getting women the vote. In April 1951 the Greenroyd Central Townswomen'’s Guild was formed, which makes ...

Published: Wednesday 19 January 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 245 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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... lecturer Ms Jill Liddington, who devised and deSigned the exhibition, said: “It ‘tells an important story from the Halifax suffragettes to the election of 101 women Labour MPs in 1997. “The exhibits include Todmorden Women's Cooperative Guild's resplendent ...

Published: Friday 03 March 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 875 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Women'’s lives on display

... Ms Jill Liddington, who devised and designed the exhibition, said: It tells an important local story, from the Halifax suffragettes to the election of 101 women Labour MPs in 1997. Highlights included Todmorden Women's Co-operative Guild's 1907 purple ...

Published: Monday 06 March 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 308 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

For tickets telephone 01282 664400

... lives since 1900. Most of the material loaned has never been seen in public before and includes information on the Halifax suffragettes, Todmorden Women's Co-operative Guild's 1907 purple satin banner which has been folded away for years and a page from a ...

Published: Friday 10 March 2000
Newspaper: Hebden Bridge Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 135 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Onthisday...'

... released: D W Griffith's In Old California. 1914: The Rokeby Venus by Velasquez. in London’s National Gallery, was slashed by a suffragette. 1961: Bradshaws Monthly Railway Guide was published for the last time. It had been in existence since 1839. 1969: James ...

Published: Friday 10 March 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 217 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

CALDERDALE

... lives since 1900. Most of the material loaned has never been seen in public before and includes information on the Halifax suffragettes, Todmorden Women's Co-operative Guild's 1907 purple satin banner which has been folded away for years and a page from a ...

Published: Friday 10 March 2000
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 130 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

musical, ‘ln Great Grandmother’s Day’ for their next production. Audiences who saw the children’s play, ‘The ..

... loyalties tested. The relevance of the general social unrest of the time is also indicated by means of songs concerning the suffragettes, the Trade Unions and the birth of the Labour Party. Produced by Brian Spence, the play will be presented on April 5,7 ...

Published: Friday 10 March 2000
Newspaper: Brighouse Echo
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 226 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

It’s all happening in Great Grandmother’s Day –

... by the children. The relevance of the general social unrest of the time is portrayed b}/ means of songs concemir:f the suffragettes, the trade unions and the birth of the Labour Party. The play is being presented at Rastrick Parish Centre on April 5, ...

Published: Friday 17 March 2000
Newspaper: Brighouse Echo
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 197 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Women in the spotlight

... public, said Jill Liddington who devised and designed the display. “It tells an important local story, from the Halifax suffragettes to the election of 101 women Labour MPs in 1997, she explained. “It is hard to pick out favourite items but the exhibition ...

Published: Friday 17 March 2000
Newspaper: Hebden Bridge Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 248 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Women in the spotlight

... public, said Jill Liddington who devised and designed the display. “It tells an important local story, from the Halifax suffragettes to the election of 101 women Labour MPs in 1997, she explained. “It is hard to pick out favourite items but the exhibition ...

Published: Friday 17 March 2000
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 240 | Page: 12 | Tags: none