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This section features the articles I have written about gender and expectations linked to identity.
Some of the articles are based on essay research for my MA Heritage Theory and Practice, while others are my response to developments in the sector. It also features my reviews of some of the heritage sites I’ve visited.
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There are more and more ways a person can describe their gender. Its common for those scared by these developments to reference back to a past where things were simpler. In reality, those in the past also viewed gender as a spectrum, just like we are moving back to today.
My exhibition found stories about clothing – seeing how and what they showed about gender.
Most people know 1918 as the first time some women voted in the UK, but women successfully voted in the 1869 election. The suffragists of Manchester led a huge campaign after spotting that the wording of the 1868 Reform Bill was wrong. The wording accidentally enfranchised women who met its other criteria, leading to thousands of women voting.