Video: Muriel’s Balloon Raid in the 1949 Film, ‘Kind Hearts And Coronets’
(1949) This clip shows a dramatisation of Muriel’s suffragette balloon scene in the film ‘Kind Hearts and Coronets’.
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Education: Free Teaching Resource & Worksheet for Students
Free Educational Resources for Teachers and Students that accompany the ‘Muriel Matters’ Documentary Film.
Video: SA Suffrage 125 Schools Competition
View the winning entry video for the Schools 125 Women’s Suffrage Celebrations in SA.
Audio: ABC Conversations ‘The Marvellous Miss Matters’ – Clare Wright
(2019) ABC Broadcast with Dr Clare Wright Talking ‘Muriel Matters’ and other influential women.
Video: Glasgow Women’s Library Vote 100: The Moving Story – Muriel Matters
(2019) In this Glasgow Women’s Library Vote 100: The Moving Story Project to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the UK Representation of the People Act, we follow the journey of Muriel.
Video: Interview about all things Muriel!
Secretary of the Muriel Matters Society Frances Bedford talks with Jane Hartnell, Director of Corporate Services and Governance at the Hastings Borough Council, about all things Muriel.
SA: Elizabeth Webb Nicholls
Elizabeth Webb Nicholls worked campaigns in SA for restriction of the sale of alcohol and the movement to extend political rights to women.
Audio: Dymphna Clark Lecture – Australian Women who won the vote!
(2018) Dr Clare Wright Presents the ‘Dymphna Clark Lecture’.
Audio: Muriel Matters: The Most Amazing Woman You’ve Never Heard of! (ABC Radio)
Trevor Chappell discussed Muriel’s adventures and her life with Robert Wainwright, journalist and author of ‘Miss Muriel Matters”, the Australian actress who became one of London’s most famous suffragettes.
Audio: ABC RN – ‘Female Political Pioneers’ – Phillip Adams and Claire Wright
Dr Clare Wright joins ABC RN’s Phillip Adams about Muriel and other female political pioneers.
SA: Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence was a leading suffragist, teacher, writer, social and political reformer.
Book & Video: Window Smashing in London – New Book by Helen Pankhurst
As part of her book launch, Dr Helen Pankhurst, a close friend of the Muriel Matters Society, was recently involved in re-creating the window smashing campaign by the early suffragettes.
Audio: ABC History – Muriel Matters
(2018) This ABC History Podcast explores the life and legacy of Muriel Matters.
Article: The daring Australian suffragist who spurred a ‘MeToo moment in British history’
ABC News article looking at the quiet Adelaide street where Muriel’s mural is now located.
Video: The Grille Incident in the 1935 Film, ‘Royal Cavalcade’
Muriel Matters’ involvement in the Muriel Matters’ involvement in the Grille Protest was dramatised in the ‘Royal Cavalcade’ – a British black and white film from 1935.
Muriel: Muriel’s Mural!
The Society would like to thank Claire Foxton for her wonderful mural of Muriel! Claire is an accomplished artist and designer – for more of her work click here. Her work can be viewed in Dawkins Place, just off Frome Road in the Adelaide CBD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5seIuuMYsjI A time-lapse of the project, completed in January 2018…… Continue reading Muriel: Muriel’s Mural!
Video: News Story Muriel mattered: the first woman to speak in the UK Parliament
(2016) News Story from ABC News Australia filmed in London which looks at Muriel’s exploits in the UK Parliament.
Video: Women’s Suffrage – Muriel Mattered!
(2016) ABC Europe Correspondent, Steve Cannanne speaks with Amber Rudd MP and Frances Bedford MP about Muriel being the first woman to speak on the floor of the UK Parliament.
Audio: Australian Activist Muriel Matters Remembered (ABC Radio)
The ABC’s Europe Correspondent, Steve Cannane talk about how the Muriel Matters Society is trying to raise awareness of the role played by the South Australian activist in the fight to get British women the vote.
Article: Muriel Matters Society salutes the Australian who fought for the voting rights of British women
(2016) ABC Europe’s Steve Cannane highlights Muriel Matters’ fight for voting rights for British women.
Video: ‘Muriel Matters!’
(2013) This Documentary TV Movie, broadcast on the ABC and at the Adelaide Film Festival shows the life and exploits of Muriel Matters’ life.
Video: Living Legacy – Muriel at the Adelaide Film Festival (ABC News)
(2013) The ABC looks at Muriel’s campaign for women’s rights and her Movie Premier at the Adelaide Film Festival.
Video: Why Muriel Matters (ABC)
(2009) This clip from ABC StatelineSA talks about how South Australian women are working to promote the crucial role which suffragettes like Muriel Matters played in getting females the vote in Australia.
Audio: Muriel’s Voice talking about the 1908 ‘Grille Incident’ & the 1909 ‘Balloon Raid’ on London
(1939) The only known recording of Muriel Matters speaking. Muriel Matters talks to the BBC Radio program ‘Scrapbook’ about the Grille Incident and Balloon Raid.
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