Curated Video
Life in the Colonies: Women
In the Thirteen Colonies, women had limited rights and freedoms. Their lives, influenced by marriage, status, and coverture laws varied greatly, reflecting the evolving society of the time.
Curated Video
Julia Stockton Rush: Love and Family Amid War
Julia Stockton Rush's letters offer a unique glimpse into the lives of women during the American Revolution, capturing a nation's birth from a female perspective.
Curated Video
If She Can Do It, You Can Too by De'Shawna Yamini
History is full of examples of Black excellence. And because children are master mimics, If She Can Do It, I Can, Too highlights achievements of women in Black “herstory.” Using rhymes, reflection, and research, children can imitate...
60 Second Histories
Emmeline Pankhurst in prison
Emmeline Pankhurst discusses the time she spent in prison and its effect upon her.
60 Second Histories
Protest, Action and Hunger Strike
Part of a series on women's suffrage, Emmeline Pankhurst describes the WSPU tactical intensification and hunger strike
60 Second Histories
Suffrage and WW1
Emmeline Pankhurst discusses the outbreak of war and women over 30 getting the vote.
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Women’s Franchise League (WFL)
Emmeline describes the inaugural meeting of the Women's Franchise League
The Art Assignment
Art + Life Rules from a Nun
Sister Corita Kent was a master printmaker and teacher, and her rules for artists and teachers are legendary - let’s break them down.
60 Second Histories
Emmeline Pankhurst and Winston Churchill
Emmeline Pankhurst talks about the WSPU opposition to the Liberal party and the defeat of Winston Churchill
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Emmeline Pankhurst and Keir Hardie
Emmeline talks about becoming friends with Keir Hardie and joining the Independent Labour Party
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Protest, Arrest and Prison
Part of a series on women's suffrage, this video covers the protest made by the WSPU after the suffrage bill was filibustered in 1905 and the arrest of Christabel and Emmiline Pankhurst.
Step Back History
The Most Dangerous Woman in America
I often get asked who my favourite historical figure is, and I can think of no person who represented the moral endurance and strength of Emma Goldman. Let's hear her story and maybe she'll be your favourite historical figure too.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A Culture of Sexism in Australian Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Australian parliament has no code of conduct for MPs and no HR...
60 Second Histories
Campaign of Arson 1912
Emmeline Pankhurst describes the escalation in militant tactics and some of the acts of arson undertaken to further the cause.
60 Second Histories
Emmeline Pankhurst; becoming a suffragist
Emmeline Pankhurst introduces herself, her early life and some of the events that led her to be come a suffragette.
60 Second Histories
Conciliation and violence
Part of a series on women's suffrage, this video covers the organisation of a conciliation committee and the violence experienced by suffragettes.
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Emily Wilding Davison
Emmeline Pankhurst explains who Emily Davison was, and what she did for the suffrage movement.
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Emmeline Pankhurst – woman registrar
Emmeline Pankhurst talks about her time as a woman registrar
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Women Compete for Federal Offices in Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. In 1994, 100 years after women gained the right to run for office,...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Mothers of Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Until reletively recently, childcare and parental leave were not a...
60 Second Histories
The Epsom Derby, 1913
Emmeline Pankhurst talks about death of Emily Wilding Davison at the Epsom Derby in 1913
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia's First Female Prime Minister
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. In 2010, Julia Gillard became the first female Prime Minister of...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Women's Suffrage in South Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. In 1894, South Australian women gained the right to vote. They...