Plaques will be unveiled in Liverpool today (21 November) commemorating 100 years since women were given the right to vote. They’ll feature a quote written by Liverpool Schools’ Parliament pupils, which says: “A vote is not a cross in a box. It is a tool to empower a population and change ... Read More...
Liverpool suffragettes
Five sites in Liverpool are to be officially recognised today as places which witnessed acts of suffragette protest. Locations include St George’s Hall where a local suffragette hid in an organ loft to disturb an MP’s speech and Sefton Park Palm House which activists tried to bomb. The Department for Digital, Culture, ... Read More...
Plans to commemorate the women of Liverpool’s suffragette movement will be discussed by the council's Culture, Tourism & Events Select Committee next week. A motion brought by local councillors is calling for a blue plaque to be erected in Liverpool Town Hall to mark the 100th anniversary of the Representation of ... Read More...