Rights & Activism

For 37 years, The Backstreet was an iconic part of London’s leather and gay bar scene

Delve into the history of Holloway prison, and the stories of the Suffragettes imprisoned there

London Museum staff choose their favourite object with a female focus from our collection

This famous votes-for-women campaigner set herself apart as an artist and social activist

Traces of the transatlantic slave trade continue to exist in the Docklands landscape

The removal of Robert Milligan’s statue in 2020 was part of a wider movement around the legacy of slavery

We look through our collection for symbols of the long struggle by LGBTQ+ Londoners for equal rights

How 18th-century British reformers questioned capital punishment and the fight continues today

The changing nature of uprisings in Brixton, from 1981 to 2020

Interview: Often maligned by historians, feminist and Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst’s story needs much exploration

An inspiring leader whose radical tactics intensified women’s fight for the vote

Battling for the vote with fire and hunger strikes

Meet a leader of the law-abiding votes for women campaign

After running onto a racecourse, this votes for women campaigner lost her life for the cause

Marking 25 years as monarch in 1977, the queen’s jubilee was met with celebration and discontent

Our collection highlights powerful stories of refugees seeking sanctuary in London while facing challenges

A day of aggression in the battle for women’s right to vote

Resourceful and heroic – how incarcerated Suffragettes used toilet paper