Do you consider yourself a rebellious woman? Then a project celebrating female courage wants to hear from you.

The Rebellious Sounds Archive hopes to tell inspiring stories of activism from women across the South West.

From big protests to small acts of rebellion, the archive will give accounts of women who are currently changing their communities and the world.

The project, created and undertaken by Dreadnought South West and funded by Heritage Lottery will open its doors at Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum in Dorchester from today.

Visitors will be invited into a listening booth to hear three-minute interviews with the different rebel women.

The booth is touring the South West, collecting stories as it goes and curator Carmen Talbot is keen to hear from Dorset's rebel women when the exhibit arrives.

She said: “Anything you have done that challenges the status quo in a big or a small way- if you changed the way you live and that then changed the world around you – that’s still activism.

"Don’t think it’s just the big things like taking part in a protest - that’s good too, but we want to hear the small acts of rebellion as well.”

So far there are 20 interviews including the story of Janet Haley, a coordinator for WASPI and environmental campaigner Linda Thomas.

Events manager at Shire Hall, Harriet Still said: “The 1918 women’s suffrage centenary has brought about such a national focus on women’s rights and how we gained our freedoms. It is wonderful to hear these local stories of how we got to this point and how women continue to be active beyond the sphere of suffrage and into other areas needing change.”

Sessions to collect more stories from the Dorchester area will be held while the booth is at Shire Hall. Head to shirehalldorset.org for details on how to contribute or contact Carmen Talbot via carment.dreadnoughtsw@gmail.com.

The Listening Booth will be at Shire Hall until to Friday, September 28