Three Women in a Boat

At sunset on Wednesday, 9 November 1904, one day into the month of Ramadan, three tourists arrived at the famous Mena House Hotel, five miles west of Cairo in Egypt, then under British control. Behind them stretched the route of the parallel railway and road which had brought them and their luggage by train and …

Uncompromising women: the fight for the vote

2018 marks the centenary of the Representation of the People Act; a law which gave the vote to certain women in Britain, as long as they were over 30 and met a property qualification. Ten years later, women achieved the same voting rights as men. We are also celebrating the 40 year anniversary of female …

The Pethick-Lawrences: A Radical Partnership

Visitors to the Wren Library during the next few weeks will be able to see a special display case containing items from the Pethick-Lawrence collection. For those unable to visit, we have devised an online exhibition. Click on the top left box labelled Prologue to begin.   For those who would prefer to examine the …