JoannaMWilliams
joannamw.bsky.social
JoannaMWilliams
@joannamw.bsky.social
Historian, nature and music lover. Author of historical biographies on Mancunian Victorians Abel Heywood and Lydia Becker.
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For the story of Kitty Marion and a detailed picture of the extent of such ‘Suffragette Outrages’ see @drfernriddell.bsky.social's ‘Death in Ten Minutes’.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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What a fabulously curated and presented site this is. Clean & clear to navigate, lots of fascinating data & artifacts. And to hear newly recorded political songs from the era! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@philipwblood.bsky.social

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Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture
18th-century Britain is notorious for corrupt and restrictive politics, when few could vote, bribery and debauchery were commonplace. But it was also an age when modern democracy was being shaped.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM