Category Archives: Women in Politics

Beatrice Webb ~ Social Reformer

Day 358 of Colourisation Project – April 30 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  A socialist utopian, she coined the term “collective bargaining.” She was at the core of the … Continue reading

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Ida B Wells ~ Constant Star

Day 322 of Colourisation Project – March 25 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862, the daughter of slaves, African-American journalist and suffragist, Ida B. … Continue reading

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Alice Henry ~ Pioneering Feminist

Day 318 of Colourisation Project – March 21 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Born in Richmond, Melbourne, on this day, 21 March 1857, Alice Henry was one of Australia’s … Continue reading

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Mary Lee – Australia’s Unsung Suffragist

Day 283 of Colourisation Project – February 14 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Australia was one of the leading countries in the world when it came to giving women the right … Continue reading

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Lucy Burns – The Iron Jawed Angel

Day 82 of Colourisation Project – July 28 Born on this day, July 28 1879, Lucy Burns was an American suffragist campaigning on behalf of women’s rights in both the United States and in the United Kingdom and whose militant … Continue reading

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