In 1918, the British government passed the Representation of the People Act, granting women in the UK the right to vote. While this did not include every woman in the UK, it was a gigantic leap for the progression of women’s rights. One hundred years on from this, Bromley House Library are celebrating this landmark with a display of miniature knitted versions of some of history's most famous women. We sent our Rebecca Miller down to the library to have a butcher's — Here's what she had to say.
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