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Inspirational women

Presence and Absence: International Women's Day 2016

The exhibition ‘Women at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾: Presence and Absence’ was created to celebrate and recognise women at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ who inspire those they work with. There was a fantastic response to the call for nominations, with over 200 submissions showing the real impact Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ women have their colleagues.

The exhibition also contained a series of artworks titled 'Theirs to Ours' by London artistÌýKristinaÌýClackson-Bonnington.ÌýThe twelve mixed-media works, exploring the history of women at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾,Ìýilluminate the institutional change that has taken place since the founding of Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ in 1826 – from the initial decision to admit women in 1878, to the renegotiating of spaces and positions that is still taking place today.

VOTE 100: Celebrating Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ women

The Representation of the People's Act, passed on 6 February 1918, extended the right to vote to women of a certain age and economic status. Ten months later, on 14 December 1918, 8.5 million women voted for the first time.Ìý

Forty years before this, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ became one of the first universities in England to admit women on equal terms with men.Ìý

In order to celebrate the passing of a hundred years of women winning the right to vote, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ has organised events andÌýexhibitionsÌýall around campus highlighting the pioneering work of women at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾.Ìý

"These events will give us an eye-opening insight into the barriers women have faced at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ and in the wider world, and how far they were able to achieve and learn from the past year. I'm delighted that Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ is playing such an active role in celebrating this centenary year, and I think it will provoke a lot of debate about how far we have come and how far we still need to go."

- Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ President & Provost Professor Michael Arthur

Find out more about the events throughout 2018Ìýtaking place and how you can get involved.

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