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The New Mrs Partington. The new Mrs Partington (of the Anti-suffrage Society) Somehow the tide keeps rising! Depicts Mrs Partington in a futile attempt to hold back the huge tide of support for
Winifred Coombe-Tennant (Mrs Willett), mediumWinifred Margaret Serocold Coombe-Tennant (pseudonym: Mrs Willett, 1874-1956), British suffragette, politician, philanthropist, patron of the arts and spiritualist who engaged in automatic writing
Edith Hudson - SuffragetteEdith Hudson - a Edinburgh nurse and active member of the WSPU (Womens Social and Political Union). Date: 1905
Suffragettes Mary Aldham and Ethel Cox Date: c. 1914
Ladies Football, 1895: Miss Nettie HoneyballThe wonderfully named Miss Nettie J. Honeyball, captain of the British Ladies Football Club, in her football costume(blouse, blue serge knickerbockers, shin pads and football boots) in 1895. 1895
Woman using a urinal - WW2" I m doing a mans job ain t I?" A tall imposing lady World War Two Factory worker passes comment in reposte to the surprise shown at her appearance at the Gents Toilet urinals by a fellow
Force feeding a suffragette (cartoon)A cartoon depicting a suffragette being force fed in a prison cell. Two men, a prison warder and a doctor, hold the woman down with the help of a large weight (one hundredweight)
Anti-Suffrage CartoonBeauty & Intellect are superior to Brute Force. An anti-suffrage cartoon mocking a suffragette. The speaker is depicted in a style in which suffragettes were often unfairly portrayed as a harridan
Annie Besant with her daughter and granddaughterAnnie Besant (1847-1933) British social reformer, womens rights activist and supporter of Indian nationalism, pictured with her daughter Mable (Mrs Ernest Scott) and her granddaughter, Muriel
Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Votes for WomenA girl sneaks in to the offices of the militant suffragettes to see piles of newspapers, hammers, whips and stones. All part of the W.S.P.Us arsenal
Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Her Mothers VoiceYoung girl and her father view mother with alarm as she races past the window wielding a hammer. Date: 1911
Flora Drummond WSPU Suffragettes prison DressFlora Drummond discusses tactics with members of the W.S.P.U in replica prison dress. Date: circa 1908
Suffragette Militants Smashed WindowsPhotograph of the damage inflicted on the plate glass windows of the shipping line Hamburg - Amerika. The building in Cockspur Street was attacked in March 1912 during the W.S.P.Us window smashing
Suffragette Cat Will Have The voteAnother fierce and feisty feline sets out her objective - The Vote. I Will Have It. Taking no notice of the police notice banning political or other meetings, by order! Date: circa 1908
WW1 Munitions WorkerMary the Maid of Munitions, in bonnet and overalls with munitions factory scene behind her. An attractive and sympathetic image. Date: circa 1916
Women WW1 Munitions Woolwich ArsenalInterior of the Shell Factory at Woolwich Arsenal showing women workers and some men (supervisors?). The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, employed around 80, 000 people during the first World War
London - Kings Road, Chelsea - Whitelands College. A flagship womens college of the Church of England, it was the first college of higher education in the UK to admit women
Katharine Russell, Viscountess AmberleyKatharine (Kate) Louisa Russell, Viscountess Amberley (nee Stanley, 1844-1874), British suffragist and early advocate of birth control
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. AugustDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Act passed in France by the Constituent Assembly on August 26, 1789 with seventeen articles that define the rights of citizens and the nation
Cartoon of Harry Wall, theatrical agent, plotting to find a way around the new Copyright (Musical Compositions) Act -- Over the Garden Wall. 1882
Two police officers working in a station, LondonTwo police officers working in a London police station. The WPC is Maureen (Mo) Dennison. Date: circa 1950s
Two women police officers working in a station, LondonTwo women police officers working in a London police station, looking in a book. One of them is Maureen (Mo) Dennison (right). Date: circa 1950s
Five police officers, including Inspector Helen Hunt, who is wearing the Norman Hartnell style womens uniform introduced in 1968
Male and female police officers at an inspection paradePolice officers (including one woman) taking part in an inspection parade, Met Police, London. Date: circa early 1960s
Male and female police officers in Nijmegen March, HollandMale and female police officers of the Met Police taking part in a Nijmegen March in Holland. Date: 1950s
Police officers in canteen at Peel House, LondonPolice officers, male and female, drinking cups of tea in the canteen at Peel House, a Met Police training centre in London. Date: circa 1930s
Woman police officer on the phone in a police stationWoman police officer (Maggie Coombs) on the telephone in a police station. Date: circa late 1970s
Woman police officer with motorcycle, Hendon, LondonWoman police officer under instruction on a motorcycle at Hendon, North London, May 1960. At this time, training courses were being run for WPCs in the use of a new type of lightweight motor scooter
Women police officers at a bowling alley, possibly taking part in a competition. They are, from left to right, Margaret Newbon, Monica Ryan, Jennifer Smith, Alison Blair and WPS Roberta Strickland
Sir George Sinclair inspecting UK policewomen, CyprusSir George Sinclair (1912-2005), Deputy Governor of Cyprus (1955-1960), during an inspection of 53 UK women police officers on their arrival at training school in Cyprus in April 1957
Barbara Denis de Vitre, Assistant HMI, visiting GermanyAssistant HMI (His/Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary) Barbara Denis de Vitre, on a postwar visit to Germany, where she was an expert consultant on the employment of women in the German police
Barbara Denis de Vitre, Assistant HMI, Stuttgart, GermanyAssistant HMI (His/Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary) Barbara Denis de Vitre, on a postwar visit to Germany, where she was an expert consultant on the employment of women in the German police
Women police officers singing in choir, Met Police, LondonWomen police officers singing in the first womens choir, Met Police, London. The conductor is Sybil Hill. Date: circa 1948
Group photo, women police officers outside KLM officesGroup photo, ten women police officers of the Met Police, outside the KLM (Dutch airline) offices. They were on their way to Nijmegen, to take part in the Marches
Two women police officers mounting horses, LondonTwo women police officers in the process of mounting their horses in a Central London street. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977
Police officers relaxing, Met Police, LondonA group of male and female police officers, some of them sergeants, relaxing in a rest room, some reading newspapers or books, others chatting. Among them, on the right, is WPS Beatrice Bygrave
WPC Lesley Moore, Metropolitan Police, Stanhope Gold MedalThe Stanhope Gold Medal of the Royal Humane Society, awarded to WPC Lesley Moore, Charing Cross Division, Metropolitan Police, London in January 1992
Woman police officer on bicycle, Met PoliceWoman police officer (mobile officer) riding a bicycle along a country road, wearing uniform with a duty armband. Date: circa 1950s
Woman police officer with car and radio, Egham, SurreyWoman police officer (mobile officer) on duty in Egham, Surrey, standing by a police car and speaking on a handheld radio
Two police officers with motorcycles, LondonTwo police officers (one male, one female: Margaret Cheesley) with motorcycles, Epsom, Surrey. At this time, training courses were being run for WPCs in the use of a new type of lightweight motor
Women police dog handlers with drug sniffer dogs, LondonTwo women police dog handlers with drug sniffer dogs, Met Police, London. They are (left) Sandra Kertzen with Snoopy, and (right) Lyn Nicholson with Barry
Woman police officer in reflective uniform, LondonWoman police officer in yellow reflective jacket and dark trousers, holding a white protective helmet with visor. Date: circa 1990s
Woman police officer in uniform, LondonWoman police officer in woollen V-neck jumper and trousers, together with the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985. Date: circa 1985
Woman police officer in coat and bowler hat, LondonWoman police officer in a coat from the mix and match uniform introduced in 1977, together with the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985. Date: circa 1985
Woman police officer talking in a school classroomWoman police officer (Helen Parnell) talking to a group of children in a school classroom. Date: circa 1980s
Women police officers in new Hartnell uniform, LondonTwo women police officers (WPS Josie Seed and WPS Marjorie McIntyre) in the newly designed Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968 to try to encourage recruitment. Date: late 1960s