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Suffragettes and the Serjeant at Arms : how the suffragettes used performative tactics of protest in and around the Houses of Parliament (2018)
Book Chapter
Neylon, C. (2018). Suffragettes and the Serjeant at Arms : how the suffragettes used performative tactics of protest in and around the Houses of Parliament. In M. Inchley, & J. Vice (Eds.), Amending Speech: Women's voices in parliament (256-261). London: Hansard

From plays written specifically for the cause to huge processions through the streets of UK cities, the British woman suffrage movement relied on spectacle and performance as a key tactic in the fight for votes for women. However, they also employed... Read More about Suffragettes and the Serjeant at Arms : how the suffragettes used performative tactics of protest in and around the Houses of Parliament.

More great women : re-imagining a pageant of great women for the present day (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Neylon, C. (2015, November). More great women : re-imagining a pageant of great women for the present day. Presented at Sibeal, Limerick, Ireland

Due to the historical, and continued, invisibility of women in ‘typically’ male positions and careers, today’s girls and young women are offered few visible female role models to aspire to and this may have a strong impact on their choice of careers... Read More about More great women : re-imagining a pageant of great women for the present day.

More great women (2015)
Exhibition / Performance
Neylon, C. More great women. [Live performance]. 27 March 2015. (Unpublished)

A site-specific performance involving live performance and video projections re-imagining the suffrage play
"A Pageant of Great women for the present day".