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49th Session Oct-Dec 1915

The history of suffrage and the impact of women in LSHTM archival collections‘

By · February 6, 2018 · Archives · No comments

By Alison Forsey

On February 6th 1918 the Representation of the People Act; legislation that allowed all men and some women to vote was put into law. Although it should be noted that not all women were granted the right to vote, this did not occur until over a decade…

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International Women’s Day: A look back to Archives Alive

By · March 8, 2016 · Archives · No comments

By Victoria Cranna

In February of last year, the School held ‘Archives Alive – Peter Mine’, an event that explores the contribution women made to the advancement of public health. Victoria Cranna, the School’s Archivist and Records Manager, wrote a blog about the event:

One of the many things that…

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