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

1918年2月，《人民代表法》（Representation of the People Act）首次赋予（一些）英国女性议会投票权。法律的进一步修改确保了妇女在投票的同时，也能够作为候选人参加1918年12月举行的下届大选。随着这两件事百年纪念的临近，公众对它们起源的兴趣越来越浓厚。我们的项目将利用这种兴趣，通过传播AHRB之前的两个项目（安吉拉·史密斯的“第一次世界大战期间的选举权话语”2003）和（考曼的“妇女社会和政治联盟中的有偿组织者”，2004）的研究结果，这些研究涉及第一次世界大战期间选举权组织的工作，导致1918年《人民代表法》和第一次有女性候选人参加的选举。我们将与官方议会项目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/专题讨论，邀请特邀讲者和公众听众，探讨战争对选举权运动的影响、历史和当代政治的性别划分，以及由此带来的更广泛的社会影响。一个重要的展览在威斯敏斯特标志着百年纪念，随后对一个大型展览的贡献将增强我们以前的研究的影响和范围。该项目的成果将通过由项目小组和利益相关者联合编写的小册子和小册子出版物进一步传播。

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.