Archival Collection
British National Archives: Documents and Multimedia on Suffrage
"Suffrage 100 - The fight for the female vote." nationalarchives.gov.uk/suffrage-100. 2018.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Film, Government Document, Theatre, Web-based
To mark the 100th anniversary of British women of property winning the right to vote, and the 90th anniversary of all women getting to vote in Britain, the National Archives created a website filled with primary source documents, videos and teaching resources.
Among the notable aspects of the site is a section detailing how website visitors can comb through government documents on the suffrage movement, including some documents that you can view online. These documents detail “the government’s response to militant activities and civil disobedience such as destruction of property, tax evasion and census boycotts.” There are also links to archival footage of suffrage actions and newspaper reports.
It also includes new films—like the one below created by young people in collaboration with filmmaker Nigel Kellaway—on the British suffrage movement.
Check out the entire website here.