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.
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Muriel: Muriel Matters House, Hastings Borough Council Offices
The Society is delighted to announce that the Hastings Borough Council offices have been renamed Muriel Matters House! As early as 1908 Muriel agitated in favour of women’s suffrage in the area and ran unsuccessfully as the Labour Candidate for the seat of Hastings at the 1924 election. Muriel lived with her husband there from the…… Continue reading Muriel: Muriel Matters House, Hastings Borough Council Offices
The Society’s Friends from Hastings Visit Adelaide
In December 2016 The Society was visited by Laurence and Grace Bell from the White Rock Hotel in Hastings. The Hotel is very close by Muriel’s Pelham Crescent home and the Secretary of The Society, Frances Bedford, was delighted to host them and give them a tour of South Australian Parliament. Laurence and Grace were…… Continue reading The Society’s Friends from Hastings Visit Adelaide
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: 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.
The Muriel Matters Society 