What Difference did the War Make? World War One and Votes for Women

1918年2月，《人民法》的代表权首次赋予(一些)英国妇女议会投票权。对法律的进一步修改确保了妇女在1918年12月的下一次大选中除了投票外，还可以作为候选人参选。随着我们迈向这两个事件的百年纪念日，公众对它们的起源越来越感兴趣。我们的项目将通过传播前两个AHRB项目(Angela Smith的《第一次世界大战期间的选举权论述》2003年)和(Cowman的《妇女社会和政治联盟中的有偿组织者》，2004年)的调查结果来利用这种兴趣，这两个项目与第一次世界大战期间选举权组织的工作有关，导致1918年《人民法案》和第一次有女性候选人参加的选举。我们将与纪念这些周年的官方议会项目VOTE100合作，组织一系列精心策划的活动。我们将透过三个工作坊/小组讨论，与受邀的讲者和公众人士讨论战争对选举权运动的影响、政治的历史和当代性别划分，以及这方面的更广泛社会影响。在威斯敏斯特举行一个纪念百年纪念的重要展览，然后为一个大型展览做出贡献，将加强我们先前研究的影响和影响。该项目的成果将通过项目小组和利益攸关方编写的联合小册子和小册子进一步传播。

In February 1918 the Representation of the People Act gave the parliamentary vote to (some) British women for the first time. A further change in the law ensured that as well as voting, women were able to stand as candidates at the next general election in December 1918. As we move towards the centenary of these two events, public interest in their origins is growing. Our project will capitalise on this interest through disseminating those findings from two previous AHRB projects (Angela Smith's 'Suffrage Discourse during World War One' 2003) and (Cowman's 'Paid Organisers in the Women's Social and Political Union', 2004) that relate to the work of suffrage organisations during the First World War leading up to the Representation of the People Act 1918 and the first election involving women candidates. Working in partnership with VOTE100, the official parliamentary project to mark these anniversaries, we will organise a series of carefully planned events. Through three workshops/panel discussions with invited speakers and public audiences we will consider the impact of the war on suffrage campaigns, the historical and contemporary gendering of politics and the broader social implications of this. A significant display at Westminster marking the centenaries followed by a contribution towards a major exhibition will enhance the impact and reach of our previous research. The outcomes of the project will be further disseminated through joint pamphlet and booklet publications authored by the project team and stakeholders.