Sylvia Pankhurst’s Stone Bomb anti aerial war statue re-unveiled
Last week (World Disarmament Week) I was invited to the unveiling of The Stone Bomb, a refurbished memorial against the …
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Were Suffragettes terrorists?
Last year I was interviewed on BBC Radio as an expert on Suffragettes because it was the centenary of David …
Mrs Pankhurst speech
Mrs Pankhurst was a great orator. Here is her famous speech, delivered without notes, in Hartford, Connecticut Nov 13 1913, …
The End of the Suffragettes August 1914
Mrs Pankhurst escaped Britain at the end of July 1914 to avoid being sent back to prison as per the …
Mrs Pankhurst’s birthday; centenary of final days of Suffragettes
Mrs Pankhurst was born July 15 1858. 100 years ago today she began her 56th birthday a free woman but …
Suffragette Printing Press
I was about to guide one of my Sylvia Pankhurst walks through Bow the other day, when I walked past …
Mrs Pankhurst in prison for the last time – centenary
July 8th 1914 – Mrs Pankhurst was back in prison, rearrested as she attended Suffragette (WSPU) headquarters in Kingsway. In …
Centenary of Prime Minister Asquith accepting women’s right to vote
This is Asquith’s reply to the six woman deputation from the East London Federation of Suffragettes whom he agreed to …
It’s time women had the vote accepts Asquith – June 20 1914
100 years ago tomorrow Prime Minister Asquith finally saw a deputation of women who were fighting for the vote. Until …
Would women have won the vote earlier but for World War 1?
Yesterday was the centenary of an event that, but for the outbreak of war in August 1914, may have gone …
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