209 Women Photo Exhibition in #Vote100 year of 207 women MPs, 2018-12-14
Scope and Contents
MPs across party celebrated the 209 Women photo exhibition in Westminster, on December 14th 1918 women voted for the first time and in the same year, the first female MP was elected. Sones speaks to Joanna Cherry QC and the SNP MP for Edinburgh South West. Cherry is a fan of Georgina Markievicz who never took up her seat as an Irish nationalist and suffragist and whose portrait now hangs in Parliament for the first time. Cherry also helped to instigate the legal challenge to Brexit in the European Court of Justice which ruled that the UK can revoke Article 50.
Dates
- Creation: 2018-12-14
Creator
- From the Fonds: Sones, Barnard (Boni, b 1953, journalist) (Person)
Extent
1 item(s) : 08 minutes 37 seconds (Audio)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Finding aid date
2020-06-03 09:56:48+00:00
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Repository Details
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