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Introducing sheilahanlon.com
This page follows historian Dr. Sheila Hanlon's past and recent research projects. Her interests include Victorian and Edwardian cycling history and the WWI and WWII Women's Land Army, both in Canada and Britain.
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- About
- Contact
- Current Research
- Cycling to Suffrage
- Graduate Dissertations
- Talks & Publications
- Wheelwomen
- Alice Hawkins: Leicester’s Working Class Suffragette Cyclist
- Flora Drummond: The Suffragette General
- Madame Sarah Grand: New Woman A-Wheel
- Millicent Garrett Fawcett: The Suffragist Cyclist
- Rosa May Billinghurst: Suffragette on Three Wheels
- The Countess of Warwick: A Society Cyclist
- The Pankhursts: Clarionettes and Suffragettes
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Suffragettes Threaten Oxford Cambridge Boat Race, 1913
Suffragettes and suffragists targeted sports institutions as part of publicity campaigns and militant action, particularly from 1911-13. Golf courses, race tracks, and cricket pavilions were preferred sites for militant actions, but all sporting events were considered to be at risk … Continue reading
Pank-a-Squith Board Game, c. 1909
Cycling was one of many forms of leisure integrated into the suffrage campaign. Games, toys and other novelties were produced by a number of organisations to promote the principles of the suffrage movement, announce events, and raise funds. Pank-a-Squith, the … Continue reading
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Tagged cycling, history, leisure, pankasquith, sheilahanlon, suffrage, suffragette
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Suffragette Rosa May Billinghurst Detained by Police, c. 1910s
Rosa May Billinghurst (1873-1953) was born and raised in Lewisham. As a child, she was stricken with an illness causing paralysis from which she never fully recovered. Her condition did not, however, deter her from joining the WSPU in 1907 … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, billinghurst, history, militant, rosamaybillinghurst, suffrage, suffragette
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A Postcard from New Zealand: Cycling and suffrage c. 1910
Young New Zealand Postcard, c. 1910 Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, cycling, history, newzealand, sheilahanlon, suffrage, women
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Sylvia and Christabel Pankhurst Join the Clarion Cycling Club
The Clarion Cycling Club set a strong precedent for using the bicycle as a political campaign tool. The Pankhurst family were members of the Clarion Cycling Club and supported their political work. Christabel, in particular, showing great enthusiasm for cycling … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, christabel pankhurst, clarion, clarion cycling club, cycling, history, pankhurst, sheilahanlon, suffrage, sylvia pankhurst
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Contact
I’m always glad to hear from people who’ve visited my site or are interested in cycling or women’s history. Feel free to get in touch with questions or to book a cycling history lecture. Media inquiries also welcome. Topics covered … Continue reading
Talks & Publications
Media Appearances and Articles “Inside the Factory: Bicycles,” BBC Two, first broadcast 16 August 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07pmyd6 “The Bicycle: Freedom Machine,” The Forum, BBC World Service, first broadcast 12 Oct 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p034cf79 “Rosa May Billinghurst: Suffragette on Three Wheels,” DisibilityVisability, 22 Jan … Continue reading
Graduate Dissertations
PhD Dissertation, “The Lady Cyclist: A Gender Analysis of Women’s Cycling Culture in 1890s London,” York University, 2009 “The Lady Cyclist: A Gender Analysis of Women’s Cycling Culture in 1890s London” interrogates the practice and idea of women’s cycling in … Continue reading
Tagged Agriculture, cycling, farmerette, Guelph, history, Ontario Farm Service Force, sheila hanlon, The Lady Cyclist, women, WWII, york
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