In my novel, The Suffragette’s Daughter, the fictional Mrs Sybil Siddons becomes the third woman to take a seat in the House of Commons when she wins a by-election in 1920. But who were the first women to enter Parliament...

Despite significant reforms in 1918 and 1919, the fight for equal representation was far from over, and this was certainly true when it came to women serving as jurors...

On 2nd April 1911, the night of the census, Emily Wilding Davison spent the night hiding in the House of Commons inside a broom cupboard...

Inspiration for The Suffragette's Daughter struck in the summer of 2018, on a guided tour of the Houses of Parliament...

Research is one of my favourite aspects of being a historical fiction writer. However, it's easy to become sidetracked...