RT @MrsEdithRigby: @cctheatreco @JeanHatchet @Womans_Place_UK #EdithRigby also fought for the tobacco girls to get ventilation in the Preston Tobacco factory When they refused she got @coopuk to withdraw their order & then they complied #HERstory
‘But you don’t look like a lesbian!’ This has often been said to me as a kindly gesture…I don’t look like a journalist either, or a gardener, or a cyclist, or needlewoman, or a great aunt…' @beatrixcampbell for #LesbianVisibilityW...
RT @f_k_campbell: Happy #lesbianVisabilityD... , came out at 16 when the mafia ran bars, lesbians lost their children and you could be sacked. Fight L erasure, proud to be a same-sex attracted woman. Be a role model for young women! ...
RT @RenterNomads: @Womans_Place_UK This point hasn't been adequately commented on in many reactions. Entrepreneurship entails risk. Could gov't mitigate risk for single-parent families (disproportionately led by women) by better enforcing child ...
RT @beth_s_woody: I moved to Preston around 20 years ago. It’s got a great history .. here’s some more about Edith Rigby https://t.co/d6xQhM... https://t.co/3Wdump...
RT @jean4760110889: @JacquiRafferty @Womans_Place_UK The Preston suffragette. St Wilfred’s in Preston recently had a display about the Women of Winckley Square, one of whom Edith was one.
Our response to Liz Truss statement on the priorities for the @GEOgovuk https://t.co/O7NBL1... Some highlights follow in this thread... 1/ ...
RT @JacquiRafferty: Wow! Going away to find out more about this amazing woman Thanks @Womans_Place_UK #learnsomethingnewe... 😊 https://t.co/kAjNta...
RT @DebbieHayton: By @Womans_Place_UK: "We applaud the commitment to ensuring that transgender people are able to live free from persecution. This is something that we have been clear about since our inception." WPUK is not a transphobic ...
RT @cctheatreco: @JeanHatchet @Womans_Place_UK Thank you! #edithrigby was also one of a few women who jettisoned the use of her husband’s full name calling herself Mrs Edith Rigby instead of the norm which was Mrs Dr Charles Rigby When we are able to ...
RT @JeanHatchet: @Womans_Place_UK Do you know @cctheatreco has a one woman play about her? It’s truly amazing.
Edith Rigby (1872-1950) Suffragette recruiter, hunger striker. Founded a night school for mill girls. Jailed for burning down Lord Leverhulme’s holiday home. Founder member Hutton & Howick Women's Institute. Wore men's clothes & short hair. ...
Edith Rigby (1872-1950) Suffragette recruiter, hunger striker. Founded a night school for mill girls. Jailed for burning down Lord Leverhulme’s holiday home. Founder member Hutton & Howick Women's Institute. Wore men's clothes & short hair. 1st woman ...
"It should be noted that much of the feedback focused on concerns raised regarding terminology and definitions used in the Act. More specifically, the term ‘gender’ and the definition of ‘woman’ for the purposes of the Act.” https://t.co/PB78Vb...
Demands to change definition of who should qualify as a woman in Scots equality law