The Flickr Peopleshistorymuseum Image Generatr

March 2025.
Holiday in Manchester.

“I do wish your lot had the decency to shoot me”
www.theirishnation.com/constance-markievicz

Countess Constance Markievicz was a trailblazing Irish revolutionary, politician, and social activist who defied conventions and fought tirelessly for Irish independence, women’s rights, and social justice. She was a key figure in the 1916 Easter Rising, the first woman elected to the British House of Commons, and the first female cabinet minister in Ireland. phm.org.uk/blogposts/constance-markievicz/

Constance Markievicz (1868–1927) was an Irish politician, revolutionary, nationalist, suffragist, socialist, and the first woman elected to the Westminster Parliament. She was elected Minister for Labour in the First Dáil, becoming the second female cabinet minister in Europe. She served as a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South constituency from 1921 to 1922 and 1923 to 1927. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Dublin St Patrick's from 1918 to 1922.

Markievicz played a dramatic role in the women's suffrage campaigners' tactic of opposing Winston Churchill's election to Parliament during the Manchester North West by-election, flamboyantly appearing in the constituency driving an old-fashioned carriage drawn by four white horses to promote the suffragist cause. A male heckler asked her if she could cook a dinner, to which she responded, "Yes. Can you drive a coach and four?" Her sister Eva had moved to Manchester to live with fellow suffragist Esther Roper and they both campaigned against the anti-suffragist Churchill with her. Churchill lost the election to Conservative candidate William Joynson-Hicks, in part as a result of the suffragists' dedicated opposition. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Markievicz

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships at the time, received more attention than her writing. Today Wollstonecraft is regarded as one of the founding feminist philosophers, and feminists often cite both her life and her works as important influences.

During her brief career she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men but appear to be only because they lack education. She suggests that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft

Which radical are you? phm.org.uk/radicals-quiz

Ewan MacColl (1915–1989) was a British folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Born in Salford to Scottish parents, he is known as one of the instigators of the 1960s folk revival as well as for writing such songs as The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Dirty Old Town.

MacColl collected hundreds of traditional folk songs, including the version of Scarborough Fair later popularised by Simon & Garfunkel, and released dozens of albums with A.L. Lloyd, Peggy Seeger and others, mostly of traditional folk songs. He also wrote many left-wing political songs, remaining a steadfast communist throughout his life and engaging in political activism. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewan_MacColl

Which radical are you? phm.org.uk/radicals-quiz

Happy in your own bubble or love sharing your passions with others? Constantly juggling causes or prefer some quality time off? Excited by the unexpected or make measured decisions? Find out which radical you are at phm.org.uk/radicals-quiz

The People's History Museum in Manchester, England, is the UK's national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in the UK. It is located in a Grade II listed, former hydraulic pumping station on the corner of Bridge Street and Water Street designed by Manchester Corporation city architect, Henry Price.

The museum tells the history of workers' rights and democracy in Great Britain and about people's lives at home, work and leisure over the last 200 years. The collection contains printed material, physical objects and photographs of people at work, rest and play. Some of the topics covered include popular radicalism, the Peterloo Massacre, 19th century trade unionism, the women's suffrage movement, dockers, the cooperative movement, the 1945 general election, and football. It also includes material relating to friendly societies, the welfare movement and advances in the lives of working people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_History_Museum

River Irwell & Salford - People's Museum, Manchester

People's Radicals - People's Museum, ManchesterMuseum, Manchester

People's History Museum, Manchester

Emigration - People's Museum, Manchester

[a] the poster does not mention why Australia invited so many immigrants at that time [ie white immigrants]

Climate Emergency - People's History Museum, Manchester

ILP - People's Museum, Manchester

First in the Fight - People's Museum, Manchester

Chartists - People's Museum, Manchester