We're keen to uncover the often erased story of women's policing and women who were policed. The women's team is currently developing an exhibition timeline on 100 years of women in the police from World War I to the present day. Come see our ongoing project to create a larger women's presence within the museum.
Have a look at what we've been doing during the lockdown by watching our films on strong women in Sussex history.
Explores the history of women in policing in Sussex from WWI to the present day, and how women fought for inclusion and acceptance in the police force.
This talk is about the life and crime of Christiana Edmunds, as well as an analysis of the treatment of women in the criminal justice system during the Victorian period.
Pioneer teacher of deaf children, committed suffragette determined to change women’s lives for the better and recognised as one of Britain’s first ‘policewomen’.
This talk explores how women helped to change ideas about women policing in the 1960s and the challenges they faced.
This film gives a short history of queer female censorship in the UK and explores the probability that the suffragette leadership circle included at least some queer women.
Women police volunteers