New Women and the Home Front in World War 1 Walk
We have been inundated recently by a huge number of TV programmes and also film, theatre and radio, about the …
Tag Archives: Suffragettes
Were Suffragettes terrorists?
Last year I was interviewed on BBC Radio as an expert on Suffragettes because it was the centenary of David …
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 …
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 …
Mrs Pankhurst’s Suffragettes struggling to continue – Centenary
The “Cat & Mouse” Act was winning the battle for the government in its conflict with the Suffragettes. Mrs Pankhurst’s …
Suffragettes avoided like the plague by TV
It is 40 years since the 1974 TV drama series Shoulder to Shoulder portrayed the Suffragette struggle, with Sian Phillips …
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