Women's suffrage and Royal Holloway and Bedford College
Channel: Royal Holloway Library
Date: 2021-03-08

This talk by Librarian Greg Leurs explores the links between Royal Holloway and Bedford College and women's suffrage. Drawing on archive records we'll examine the difficult relationship the two colleges had with the suffrage movement and reveal the role notable alumnae such as Barbara Bodichon and Emily Wilding Davison played in the campaign for women's suffrage.

Content warning: references to attempted suicide and force feeding.