The Early Days of Women’s Football

A review of a new book 'An unsustained charge' by Janys Thornton. The novel is set in the Kent dockyards were young women set up their own football teams during WW1

Bonfire Suffragettes

Girls and women of Nevill Juvenile Bonfire Society dressed as suffragettes to celebrate 100 years of women's right to vote in 2018.

Vote 100 Book Launched

Our book 100 Lewes Women: Women's lives in Lewes Past and Present was launched on 20 November 2020 to mark Equal Pay Day Our host for the day was Lewes FC. This pioneering community-owned club was the first in the world to pay its male and female players equally. The book tells the stories of...

100 Lewes Women #60 – Grace Nichols

Grace Nichols is a poet and children's author. Grace performed her work at the Girls for Change Day in Lewes in 2019.

100 Lewes Women #59 – Dawn Whittaker

Dawn Whittaker, Chief Fire Officer for East Sussex, talks about efforts to encourage more women to join the service.

100 Lewes Women # 58 – Jessica Zoob

Local artist and painter, Jessica Zoob, reflects on the importance of art for society.

100 Lewes Women #57 – Jo Shiner

Jo Shiner is proud to be the first female Chief Constable in the history of Sussex Police.

100 Lewes Women #56 – Debbie Twitchen

Debbie Twitchen is highly active on behalf of her community. Among other things, she's Chair of Landport Residents Association which runs Landport Foodbank.

100 Lewes Women #55 – Elizabeth Howard

Elizabeth Howard was a campaigner who helped to create well-loved places in Lewes, such as the All Saints Community Centre, the Star Brewery arts complex and the Needlemakers shops.

No votes for you!

Why did it take so long for everyone to get the right to vote? One reason was that widening democracy went directly against the interests of powerful establishment figures. This is illustrated by the story of Henry Pelham-Clinton, the 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1785-1851). Henry has been described as 'one of the most prominent people...