Equality Collection (page 5)

Mrs Pankhurst and Maria Bochkareva, Russia, WW1
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), English founder and leader of the Women's Social and Political Union, and Maria Bochkareva (1889-1920)

Women's Battalion of Death, Russia, WW1
Women who have enlisted in the Women's Battalion of Death, Russia, to fight alongside the men during the First World War

Women enlisting in Women's Battalion, Russia, WW1
Women enlisting in the Women's Battalion of Death, Russia, to fight alongside the men during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Allegory of the French Revolution. French citizen blindfolded trying to take the liberty, equality and fraternity, which mocked by exposing him to trip over rocks, fall, or meet with death

APEX union members campaigning with placards
APEX (Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff) union members campaigning with placards to demand equal pay for women. Date: circa 1970s

Margaret Gardner, London Underground Guard
Margaret Gardner, the first female guard on the London Underground Date: January 1977

Women protest at El Vino serving policy
Some of the group of fifty women who demanded a drink at El Vino's wine bar in Fleet Street, London, thus protesting against the bar's policy of only serving men at the bar

Ann Dadds
Mrs Ann Dadds, from Plaistow, East London, becomes the first woman train driver on the London Underground Date: October 1978

Trico March 1976
A march in support of the striking workers at the Trico-Folberth windscreen wipers factory, Brentford. The women workers at the factory were on strike demanding equal pay with their male colleagues

Trico strikers 1976
Strikers barrack a car as it crosses the picket line at the Trico-Folberth windscreen wipers factory, Brentford, Middlesex, England

Celebrities at Mandela birthday concert
Stars who took part in the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday tribute concert in Wembley stadium, London. They include American actress Daryl Hannah. Date: 11th June 1988

Oxford anti-apartheid demo
Student demonstrators stand outside Oxford cricket ground to protest against the South African Touring team's upcoming game against the university

Anti-apartheid demo at Lord's
A street full of people outside Lord's cricket ground on the first day on the England v South Africa Second Test Match

Shell petrol boycott
A group of protesters stand outside a Shell garage holding placards calling for people to boycott Shell fuel due to the company's links with South Africa and apartheid. Date: c. 1988

Collection for South African rail strike
Two men brandish collection buckets for the South African rail strike to support Rail Against Apartheid. Signs show that the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR)

London Street Placards South African Prime Ministers
london, street, placards, south, african, prime, ministers, presidents:, verwoerd, vorster, botha, de, klerk, 1989, anti, apartheid, demonstrators, demosntration, demonstrate, protest, protesters

Mike Terry Leader Speaking Annual General Meeting
mike, terry, leader, speaking, annual, general, meeting, sheffield, panel, francis, bob, hughes, amin, mwani, agm, anti, apartheid, movement, activists, activism, activist, social, political

Allan Boesak speaking at NUJ
Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician, stands at a podium making a speech to the National Union of Journalists in Central Hall, Westminster, London

Jeremy Corbyn and Tony Banks at anti-apartheid demo
Jeremy Corbyn MP and Tony Banks are pictured at an Anti-Apartheid Movement demonstration in London, holding up documents reading solidarity with South-African and Namibian miners

Demonstration supporting Nelson Mandela
A crowd of demonstrators calling for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. A large banner reads Mandela the world is with you'. Date: 1980s

Female engineer at work
Miss Anne James, Lubrication Engineer (Tribiologist) of Alexander Duckham & Co. Ltd. working on some machinery

Jo Richardson, Labour politician, with group at Dagenham
Josephine (Jo) Richardson (second from left) (1923-1994), Labour politician, MP for Barking and feminist, with a group of workers at Dagenham, in her own constituency. Date: 1979

Jo Richardson, Labour politician, in a group photograph
Josephine (Jo) Richardson (second from left) (1923-1994), Labour politician, MP for Barking and feminist, in a group photograph with five other women

Desmond Tutu, South African activist and clergyman
Desmond Tutu (The Most Rev Dr Desmond Mpilo Tutu, b 1931), South African activist and Christian clergyman. He was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa

Trevor Phillips and Sue Slipman
Trevor Phillips (b 1953), television executive and presenter, currently Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), previously the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)

Linus Pauling, American chemist, peace activist and writer
Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), American chemist, peace activist, author and educator, winner of two Nobel Prizes, one for Chemistry in 1954 and one for Peace in 1962

Martin Luther King, American civil rights leader
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman, political activist, and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement. Date: circa 1960s

Jesse Jackson, Keith Vaz, Diane Abbott and Bernie Grant
Jesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here at a press conference table alongside Keith Vaz (Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz)

Jesse Jackson, American civil rights activist
Jesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here speaking at a press conference. Date: circa 1980s

Germaine Greer 1939 Australian Writer Author
germaine, greer, 1939, australian, writer, author, academic, journalist, journalism, scholar, scholarship, research, early, modern, english, literature, feminist, feminism, intellectual, womens

Jesse Jackson with Linda Bellos
Jesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here at a press conference with Linda Bellos (b 1950)

Club Life - What we are coming to
Inside a Gentlemen's clubs where women were strictly not allowed. An engraving showing what would happen if women were invited too. Date: circa 1860s

Free Trade Medal, 1846 (metal)
2650267 Free Trade Medal, 1846 (metal) by English School, (19th century); diam: 4.7 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Metal commemorating the passing of the anti-corn law league bill)

The Catch of the Season, editorial cartoon, 1917 (print)
4073067 The Catch of the Season, editorial cartoon, 1917 (print) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Catch of the Season)

Josephine Butler, Early Feminist Campaigner, 1856 (graphite on paper)
7394150 Josephine Butler, Early Feminist Campaigner, 1856 (graphite on paper) by Scott, William Bell (1811-90); 35.1x23.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

At Last, illustration of female warrior celebrating Woman's Franchise, Punch, January 23, 1918 (print)
4073068 At Last, illustration of female warrior celebrating Woman's Franchise, Punch, January 23, 1918 (print) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: At Last)

Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) speaking in Trafalgar Square, October 1908 (b/w photo)
1765640 Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) speaking in Trafalgar Square, October 1908 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection

Suffragettes in the dock at Bow Street Police Station, 1908 (b/w photo)
996601 Suffragettes in the dock at Bow Street Police Station, 1908 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection

A meeting of the WSPU, c. 1907 (b/w photo)
XJF417399 A meeting of the WSPU, c.1907 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women's Social and Political Union; from l-r)

Street Car advertising the Susan B. Anthony Pageant, 1915 (b/w photo)
3964102 Street Car advertising the Susan B. Anthony Pageant, 1915 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info)

Alice Paul, American Suffragist, Feminist, and Women's Rights Activist, Standing Portrait, c. 1918 (b/w photo)
5858526 Alice Paul, American Suffragist, Feminist, and Women's Rights Activist, Standing Portrait, c.1918 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection

Suffragist Lucy Branham burns the "hollow phrases" of President Woodrow Wilson across from the White House
4073013 Suffragist Lucy Branham burns the "hollow phrases" of President Woodrow Wilson across from the White House

Emmeline Pankhurst addressing crowd, USA, 1911 (b/w photo)
5858525 Emmeline Pankhurst addressing crowd, USA, 1911 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Alice Paul, 1915 (b/w photo)
746443 Alice Paul, 1915 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alice Stokes Paul (1885-1977) American suffragist and women's rights activist

Lucy Burns, 1913 (b/w photo)
746437 Lucy Burns, 1913 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lucy Burns (1879-1966) American suffragist and women's rights advocate

Miss Lucy Burns in Occoquan Workhouse, Washington, 1917 (b/w photo)
746438 Miss Lucy Burns in Occoquan Workhouse, Washington, 1917 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info)

Street Car advertising the Susan B. Anthony Pageant, 1915 (b/w photo)
3964103 Street Car advertising the Susan B. Anthony Pageant, 1915 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lucy Branham speaking during the National Woman's Party's "Prison Special" tour, 1919 (b/w photo)
5053981 Lucy Branham speaking during the National Woman's Party's "Prison Special" tour, 1919 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Champions of Equality: A Journey Through History" In the midst of the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, American runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos took a stand that would reverberate through time. As they stood on the podium to receive their medals, they raised their fists in a powerful Black Power salute, demanding equality for all. Australian Peter Norman joined them by wearing an OPHR badge, showcasing solidarity across borders. Looking back further into history, we witness another pivotal moment for equality. In 1921, women barristers broke barriers as they entered the legal profession for the first time. Their determination paved the way for future generations to fight against gender discrimination. However, progress towards equality has not always been met with open arms. The haunting image of a police dog attacking a young black man during the Youth Mass Demonstration in Birmingham serves as a stark reminder of systemic racism that still plagues society today. The suffragette movement fought tirelessly for equal rights and representation. On May 21st, 1906, suffragettes took to the streets in protest, demanding voting rights and challenging societal norms head-on. Breaking stereotypes and shattering glass ceilings became evident when seven women police officers formed a netball team - showcasing strength both on and off duty. During World War I, four early women police officers donned uniforms and stepped into roles traditionally reserved for men - proving that gender should never be an obstacle to pursuing one's dreams. Throughout history, various movements have emerged advocating for women's rights; one such movement was Bloomerism. Women who dared to challenge societal expectations by wearing bloomers faced backlash but remained undeterred in their pursuit of freedom from restrictive clothing norms. The call for equality extends beyond gender disparities alone; it encompasses socioeconomic structures as well. French socialist posters boldly proclaimed "The Future Lies in Socialism, " emphasizing how true they are only be achieved through dismantling oppressive systems.