...taken. The Second World War In the Second World War, women were mobilised for work and again, did jobs traditionally done by men but for less money. Examples of this...
...organised to Aldermaston. Bertrand Russell Article ‘Only World Government Can Prevent the War’, 20th century, Parliamentary Archives, ST/118/2 Philosopher Bertrand Russell tended to avoid the rigours of marching but was...
...These women were Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, Mrs Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Mrs Hertha Ayrton. As well suffragettes, both Anderson and Ayrton were pioneers for women in the scientific world; Anderson...
...alleged to have had an adulterous relationship with Bartolomeo Pergami, a servant in her household. She returned to Britain in 1820 as Queen Consort after hearing the news that George...
...introductory blog post and this video. In this blog post, Dr Katie Carpenter examines two letters written by Caroline’s maid. Most of the documents related to the Queen Caroline Affair...
...introductory blog post and this video. In this blog post, Dr Katie Carpenter examines two letters written to Caroline, as Princess of Wales, by King George III, and her husband,...
...introductory blog post and this video. In a blog post earlier this year, Dr Katie Carpenter examined three petitions, in support of Caroline, sent to the House of Lords in...
...introductory blog post and this video. In this blog post, Dr Katie Carpenter examines three petitions presented to the House of Lords in the summer of 1820. The Queen Caroline...
...Parliamentary Archives collection. One of our records is a letter from Percy Elland, editor at the Evening Standard, to media mogul and politician Lord Beaverbrook. It reveals the news that...
...been to digitise this archive and make the images available on our online catalogue. The negatives, comprising images of the Palace of Westminster, were originally created for a 1905 publication...
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