Rights & Activism
Explore objects, stories and blogs linked to London’s history as a place of protest, and its many communities’ struggles for their rights.
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Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
Barbara Lisicki: A disability rights pioneer
Lisicki led the charge to win civil rights for disabled people in the 1990s
Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
Women’s toilets & the fight for the right to work
What can a toilet roll tell us about the history of women’s access to work and leisure?
Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
How the Peasants’ Revolt rocked medieval London
In the summer of 1381, a popular rebellion led by Wat Tyler threatened to topple the ruling elite
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Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
Miss Vera Holme, W.S.P.U. Chauffeur (photographic postcard)
Women's Social and Political Union
1912
Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
Judy throws a plank to the unionist party. 182 City and Town Councils have petitioned government (poster)
Suffrage Atelier
1910