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centenary of Women's Library @lselibrary.bsky.social
first Librarian, Vera Douie. Readers sent letters for items to be posted and researched. Vera made a copy & filed it
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typewritten letter from vera douie in 1965
January 19, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Wonderful event to celebrate the centenary of the womens library @lselibrary.bsky.social organised by @fotwl.bsky.social
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amazing images like this from her forthcoming book

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image of heart shaped brooch on screen behind speaker at womens library conference. people seated.
January 15, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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women's @lselibrary.bsky.social centenary. Vera Douie first full-time librarian. 1950s
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vera douie sitting at old fashioned desk with books behind her in library 1950s
January 14, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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Centenary Women's Library @lselibrary.bsky.social
created London and National Society for Women’s Service. 1926 annual report 6-7. digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De...
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annual report 1926 womens service
January 12, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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suffrage new year resolution @lselibrary.bsky.social
Womens Franchise 1909.
to make the women's vote the first issue of the new year they tried to meet at Westminster.
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newspaper front page womens franchise
January 5, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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Happy New Year(from 1912 Votes for women)
@lse.library Joan of Arc "May the new year bring votes to women and may the old sex inequality be altogether swept away!"

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front page votes for women 1912 showing text and image joan of arc on horse
January 2, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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female students awarded ad eundem degrees at Trinity College Dublin,1904- 1907, when their own universities refused to confer degrees upon women Women's Franchise March 1908 over 800 were awarded
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womens franchise march 1908
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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female students Oxbridge were awarded ad eundem degrees Trinity College 1904-7, as their own universities refused to confer them. Women's Franchise March 1908 mentions over 800
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Women's Franchise 1908 front cover.
December 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Congratulations to graduates @lsesu.bsky.social from @lselibrary.bsky.social. women graduates in a suffrage procession 1910. digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De....
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arts banner carried by women graduates in 1910 sufrage march shows crowd of women dressed in graduation gowns
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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find out about xmas vacation support from @lselibrary.bsky.social
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December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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disability history @lselibrary.bsky.social
Rosa May Billinghurst – wheelchair user
shocking forced feeding while on hunger strike in prison for suffragette activities
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handwritten letter 1913
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Who wrote this ?
disability history @lselibrary.bsky.social
Rosa May Billinghurst
1912, arrested
Emmeline Pankhurst encouraged her to defend herself in this letter
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handwriteen letter mrs pankhurst rosa may billinghurst
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Just for fun
advent calendar – favourite sites of the year for women’s womens history
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1st window well-loved site with amazing manuscripts
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advent calendar
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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today is budget day free links @lselibrary.bsky.social
government documents, newspapers, submissions from organisations
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historic @thefabians.bsky.social pamphlet 1892
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front text pamphlet fabian society democratic budget.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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May took part in window-smashing campaign March 1912, and was sentenced to one month’s hard labour. This embroidery contains names women prisoners TWL.2012.24
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cloth embroidered names of suffrage prisoners
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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She was a key member of the Lewisham WSPU branch. Votes for Women newspaper had local notes columns which are a rich source of information on activities. October 1908 sold a great many pamphlets on Blackheath. She also stepped in to chair a meeting digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De...
image of page of suffrage newspaper
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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disability history @lselibrary.bsky.social
exploring Rosa May Billinghurst
wheelchair user, militant suffragette
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padlet links
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#disabilityhistorymonth
rosa may billinghurst suffragette in wheelchair surrounded by police
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Today @lselibrary.bsky.social friends event friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Foreign Service during WWI . The Common Cause obituary Elsie Inglis
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front page common cause newspaper obituary elsie inglis
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Suffragette Guy Fawkes Day event from November 1907.
in Clapham suffragette effigy being paraded with placard i want the vote! see @lselibrary.bsky.social
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newspaper pages from womens franchise 1907
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Fireworks night @lselibrary.bsky.social
amazing guy from 'Street Life in London', 1877
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British tradition to make effigies
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a donkey pulling a cart being driven by a small boy it is carrying an enormous ugly guy fawkes figure. historic image from victorians
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Black history month. @lselibrary.bsky.social amazing oral histories black women NGO leaders. 16 collected womens resource centre
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logo womens resource centre
October 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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from @lselibrary.bsky.social
colonial office reports& Caribbean newspapers enable you to 'surface' black viewpoints
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jamaica watchman newspaper frontpage.
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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we want @lse.library to be for everyone. Find out how we welcomed the @lsegender.bsky.social students with our womens history archives
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image of tin change the world find out what gender students learnt at ls elibrary welcome.
October 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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place on LSE campus that makes you proud #partoflse
Women Social and Political Union They produced the newspaper votes for women . their offices
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photo editorial office wspu shows women at typewriters paper on desks 1905
September 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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this is what the clements inn road looked like in early 20th century and here are women suffrage campaigners of the wspu outside the headquarters.
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marching women suffragettes in a line outside clements inn fence
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM