The Suffragettes needed a way to raise money for their cause and inspire the next generation to join the fight […]

When we think of the fight for women’s suffrage, one image often stands out in our minds. We imagine a […]

In May 2020, a portrait was discovered at Royal Holloway University that showed a woman in a black dress reading […]

The way that we treat the Suffragettes in popular culture, using their slogans and images on everything from posters, to […]

When I was pouring over Egham Museum’s newspaper collection, looking for traces of Suffragette and Suffragist activity, I was struck […]

This online exhibition explores the role of the Suffragettes and the Suffragists in the fight to gain women the right […]

Exploring protest through comparison is not just fascinating. It has the potential to be immensely useful: improving our understanding of and facilitating more open conversations around discontent.

We have a selection of colouring-in sheets for your to download, print and colour-in at home or at school. Choose […]

As part of our ‘Suffrage in Egham’ project, we explored suffrage activity that took place in the area. Find out […]

Throughout our ‘Suffrage in Egham’ project which ran between 2017 and 2018, we made lots of rosettes with the community […]

Throughout our ‘Suffrage in Egham’ project which ran between 2017 and 2018, we uncovered the stories of individuals whose actions […]

Read part one of Women: Wives, Workers and War here. Pre-war Life for Women Before the Great War, the reality […]

Introduction & Acknowledgements The Egham Museum’s previous exhibition Suffrage in Egham, explored the roles of women and their fight locally […]

Read parts 1, 2 and 3 here Educating Girls The earliest schools were intended only for boys – even when […]

Egham Museum’s 2018 ‘Suffrage in Egham’ project worked in partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London to commission artistic interpretations […]