We recently finished the series #DerryGirls, and my hubby found a podcast from Telegraph which tells the awful truth of why #IrishCatholics were so pissed off at #Protestants in #NorthernIreland. Housing and employment #discrimination, harrassment, lack of #VotingRights, etc. Did you know that only if you owned property you could vote, and business owners could vote twice! And guess who owned most of the property and businesses! No wonder there was rebellion!

A new series of Bed of Lies: Spies, murder and terrorists in Northern Ireland’s Troubles

by Cara McGoogan

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/bed-of-lies/
#IrishHistory #BritishHistory #AbolishTheMonarchy #TheTroubles #Oppression

#OnThisDay, 13 Feb 1907, around 15 suffragettes rush into the lobby of the House of Commons in London whilst around 60 others are arrested outside.

The picture shows their release the next day.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #VotesForWomen #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 6 Feb 1918, the Representation of the People Act receives royal assent, allowing some women in the UK the right to vote in elections.

All men over 21 were able to vote for the first time, but only women over 30 who met some property requirements could join them at the ballot box.

Full enfranchisement came in 1928.

Listen to the Sheffield Street Choirs sing 'Nana was a Suffragette': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KklWkhG748

#VotesForWomen #WomenInHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 27 Jan 1920, Mary Selina Share Jones becomes the first woman to join Gray's Inn in London as a student. No photo of her is online.

Membership of an Inn is a requirement for barristers in England and Wales. Until Dec 1919, women were barred from joining.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 16 Jan 1920, Marjorie Powell becomes the first woman to join Lincoln's Inn in London as a student. Membership of an Inn is a requirement for barristers in England and Wales. Until Dec 1919, women were barred from joining.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons