Portrait of Queen Victoria on the front cover of an issue.

Eliza Lynn-Linton, quite elderly, sitting in an elaborately carved high-backed chair, with a heavy curtain on one side and the leaves of tall house-plants on the other--very Victorian!

We have a fascinating series on women journalists in the Lady's Pictorial, contributed by Philip Jackson. The second series was published #OnThisDay 1893, and featured a portrait of the prolific journalist, and novelist too, Eliza Lynn-Linton victorianweb.org/periodicals/...

On the last day of the conference on #PrintNetworks hosted by the University of Birmingham, UK, my paper investigated the extent to which the educational network of Langham Place members came to shake the higher educational system in nineteenth-century Britain. Thought-provoking exchanges followed!

We’re approaching the centenary of this monumental act in 2028. What would a meaningful anniversary look like to you? What should heritage organisations prioritise or showcase? We’d love to hear your thoughts. #EqualFranchise #PublicHistory #GenderHist

“To wring the widow from her customed right”: the debate about the ‘widow franchise’ in nineteenth-century Britain Our recent History of Parliament / University of East Anglia conference on ‘Politics before Democracy’ featured over 30 papers on topics ranging across the 18th and 19th centuries. Over the next fe…

And this one: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2023/05/03/t...

The Victorian female franchise Welcome to the first of our guest blogs. On BBC Radio 4 tonight Dr Sarah Richardson presents a programme about the discovery of an early Victorian poll book listing women voters (click here to list…

Not in this article, but we have plenty more on our site about women and the franchise, including this guest article from Sarah Richardson: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/t...

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