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Protest has long paved the way for reforms we consider fundamental today. The #PolicingBill threatens to silence already marginalised voices. Through our collections, we will explore the past, present and future of powerful protests shaping a fairer society for all.
This handkerchief commemorates the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, when 60,000 peaceful protesters gathered to demand the right to vote. The brutal reaction of the yeomanry shocked the nation. This protest was a turning point on the road to democratic reform #PolicingBill 
#VotesForWomen campaigners faced opposition, from ridicule by the press to arrest and force-feeding in prison. The movement was complex. Suffragists were law-abiding whereas some suffragettes broke the law for the cause. #PolicingBill risks criminalising peaceful protestors.
My thanks to @SHAFRhistorians for taking #SHAFR2020 virtual! My presentation is titled “Much the Same Object”: Trans-Pacific Women’s Suffrage and Filipino Nationalism." It’s a new research project for me, combining my interests in women & U.S. empire with #suffrage history.
The #19thA enfranchised women on the U.S. mainland in principle. But voting rights in practice had racialized limits for men & women; many state laws disenfranchised black voters, while the inability to become citizens barred Native Americans & Chinese immigrants from the polls.
The #19thA applied even more unevenly throughout U.S. empire. The Constitution and its Amendments did not apply in the unorganized territory of the Philippines; the U.S. government defined Filipinos as American subjects, not citizens. So women there did not get suffrage in 1920.
THREAD Inspired by @EEWomensMuseum #womenshistoryonmywalk I set about finding women's history in @LBofHavering Discovered we've no @EnglishHeritage #blueplaques but we're not without #LocalHistory So spent my #BankHoliday learning about some incredible #womenofhavering Meet them!
Musician @imogenheap has 2 @RecordingAcad ,1 @IvorsAcademy award & 1 @DramaDeskAwards Classically trained in piano, cello & clarinet, she began song writing at 13. She has an honorary doctorate from @BerkleeCollege & composed the #music for @CursedChildLDN #womenofhavering
#JillyCooper born in #Hornchurch is a journalist, #author & media superstar. The author of many #1 bestselling novels including Riders, Rivals & Polo. She was appointed #OBE in 2004 for services to #literature & now lives in Gloucestershire with her beloved pets. #womenofhavering
