Chris Nickson tells us how Leeds women led the way, right from the beginning, in the fight for women’s right to vote. Yorkshire led the way in the 19th century fight for women’s suffrage. The […]
In our monthly instalment of Leeds history, Chris Nickson tells us how women in Leeds first came to join the police force. Women police constables. WPC. It’s an archaic term now, of course; everyone who
Boff Whalley tells us about the women of the miners’ strike who inspired his latest musical, We’re Not Going Back, as it plays its final show in Leeds this month. So the year-long anniversary of
Frances Brody shares the history of the Barnbow workers behind her novel Somewhere Behind the Morning, published under the name Frances McNeil. On a bitterly cold morning a year or so ago, a small crowd gathered in Manston
