On 28th November join the Parliamentary Outreach Officer for the South West for an Equaliteas party on the 99th anniversary of Nancy Astor being voted in as MP for Plymouth Sutton - the first woman in the UK to take her seat as an MP in 1919. Grab a cuppa from the Column Bakehouse and find information and games in cell 3 all about the history of equal suffrage (near the cells of Devonport Guildhall).

This event is free; drop in from 1pm - 3pm.

There will also be a pop-up display about Nancy Astor MP; her life, how she came to be an MP and what she believed in, researched by Rebellious Sounds Archive volunteer Elizabeth Strange. Juliet Middleton-Batts will be displaying her works Astor Archive, Reanimating Astor and elements from her work House on the Hill. Find this all day in cell 3.

This event forms part of the 'Suffrage Season' of linked exhibitions and events at Devonport Guildhall. In this gradually building exhibition, Juliet Middleton-Batts, Dreadnought South West and the Feminist Archive South have layered three separate exhibitions together to make one complimentary work about marking women’s actions.

Starting with Juliet Middleton-Batts’ Heroes from 7th November, a dual installation in the historic cells will commemorate this year’s centenary of Votes For Women. The work pays homage to the dedication and sacrifice of each individual campaigner and the collective impact achieved by the movement, combined with social and personal narratives of remembrance.

The Rebellious Sounds Archive, a Heritage Lottery Funded project by Dreadnought South West documents living women’s stories of activism from across the South West and presents them via a touring audio exhibition, the ‘Listening Booth’, that has travelled across the region in 2018. The booth will be in Devonport Guildhall from 26th November to 8th December.

Feminist Archive South present the Hatpins to Hashtags poster exhibition, exhibiting dynamic posters from the Women's Liberation Movement (1978-2000) to share with audiences around the South West. This display links to their main exhibition at the House of Fraser.