Set up in 2018 to raise awareness of women’s history in Brighton & Hove, and to commemorate women’s lives, especially those who campaigned for women’s rights
Brighton, England
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We exist to raise awareness of women’s contribution to the history of Sussex, especially in Brighton and Hove. Here's some of our successes. Join us. You can sign up to our mailing list here: rth.org.uk/womens-history-gr… #WomensHistoryMonth #WomensDay
Fascinating episode of BBC’s Great Lives. Lady Eve Balfour, founder of @SoilAssociation, author of The Living Soil and pioneer of the regenerative farming movement. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qd…
Farewell, racial stereotypes. Now we have the true tale of an Indian princess turned suffragette by @AnjMohindra theguardian.com/commentisfre…
What a gorgeous interview. Sound advice, if you want to support #womensfootball watch their matches. And what better club to join than @LewesFCWomen, 1st for #EqualPay 👏🏾 lewesfc.com/teams/womens-1st… See you there! #WEURO2022
Enjoyed chatting with @kevduala this morning about last night and the legacy - 15 mins in:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cl3x…
Great to see the East End Match Women’s Strike of 1888 has been commemorated with a blue plaque. These women changed Labour history and spear headed new unionism. #EastEnders timeout.com/london/news/the-…
Dorothy ‘Mary’ Molony, Irish #Suffragette, famously disrupted the 1908 #Dundee by-election by ringing a hand bell every time the Liberal candidate, Winston #Churchill attempted to address a crowd. Churchill opposed female suffrage as he said they were well represented by men.
Charlotte Dod (1871-1960) was an English multi-sport athlete, best known as a tennis player. She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship five times, the first one when she was only fifteen in the summer of 1887. She remains the youngest ladies' singles champion
Ethel Ellis (Headteacher 1909-1937) brought @VarndeanSchool school to its current site in 1926. She made more progress to girls' education in 40 years than in all previous time. Lovely history of Ellis and the school here:
varndean.co.uk/historyalumni
Hooray! We’ve been waiting a long time for this. 🙌🏽 🏊♀️
@BrightonWHG Some great pictures taken at the Blue plaque to #MercedesGleitze….world breaking long distance swimmer. Born and celebrated in Brighton today !
In January 1940, eight female pilots joined the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) which employed civilians to deliver planes from factories to airfields across the UK during the WW2. It was Pauline Gower who cleared the pathway for women in the ATA. 1/7
ATA women were the glamour girls of the Second World War, but they were also unapologetic pioneers of female aviation and equal pay. Together, they became the first women to receive equal pay to their male counterparts. 6/7
Members of our #WomensHistory group and @MayorOfficeBHCC outside 22 Montpelier Crescent #Brighton to unveil a commemorative #blueplaque for pioneering woman doctor Dr. Octavia Wilberforce and actor/author/suffragette Elizabeth Robins.
The events at the #SarahEverard #Clapham vigil are a dangerous indication of what the future of protest will look like if the #PoliceCrackdownBill becomes law. Please read and share this thread. 👇🏾
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill rushed through by @pritipatel contains many attacks on our rights, including our right to protest. But the legislation will further entrench discrimination of certain minorities too. Here’s how: #KillTheBill 1/11
History in the making. Congratulations @rachaelblackmor first woman to win the #GrandNational #NationalVelvet 🇮🇪
Did you know a woman founded the worlds first university? Fatima bint Muhammad Al-Fihriya Al-Qurashiya founded The University of Al Qarawiynn in 895 CE in Fez, Morocco. It started as a large mosque and later grew into a place of education and is still in operation today
Some #Brighton women’s history with great photos in this thread. 👇
The government wants to strip us of our right to protest so many will be demonstrating on #Brighton Level today to #KillTheBill. The Level has a long history of public protest and peace gatherings. Here’s a snapshot....1/7
