11 JUNE 2013 is one hundred years since Norwegian women got full voting rights on an equal basis with men. Norway was among the first countries in the world to introduce universal suffrage for both women and men. The work for universal suffrage for women went on for many years and was an issue that many people got involved in. The Voting Rights Committee has chosen to highlight four women who played a decisive role in the suffrage issue.

A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founde...

The campaign for women's suffrage steps up as Emmeline Pankhurst is arrested at the gates of Bucking...

Documentary to mark the WI's centenary. Lucy Worsley goes beyond the stereotypes of jam and Jerusale...

A momentous act of self sacrifice is caught on camera - Emily Davison is trampled by the King's hors...

War Sailor is a magnificent drama that tells the story of the more than 30,000 Norwegian war sailors...

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They were, at best mocked or ridiculed, at worst incarcerated, tortured, or even beheaded. But they ...

The story of the struggle for the women's vote is much more than just the account of the exploits of...

It is 1913. Women across the country, outraged by inequality and prejudice are beginning to rise up ...

Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of ye...

Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon narrates this educational installment of the popular "American ...

In 1954 Colombia, Esmeralda Arboleda leads women fighting for suffrage. During a crucial assembly de...

Born into a family of farmers in the mid-19th century, Karoline Augusta Antonsen moves to a nearby i...
The coronation of King Håkon (Haakon VII) of Norway in 1905.