New Radical Women : Activists, Reformers & Philanthropists Walk
We start at a charming old Memorial Clock dedicated to a local Suffragette and Councillor, and explain why it’s there. …
Tag Archives: Sylvia Pankhurst
Suffragette Printing Press
I was about to guide one of my Sylvia Pankhurst walks through Bow the other day, when I walked past …
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 …
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 …
Sylvia Panhurst starving herself to death – centenary
May 27 1914 saw Mrs Pankhurst released from prison, having spent six days there on hunger strike after the Buckingham …
Sylvia Pankhurst and Suffragette late May centenaries
We’re at the end of a week of centenaries of Suffragette action. May 21 was the centenary of Mrs Pankhursts’s …
Centenary of Mrs Pankhurst’s final big protest, at Buckingham Palace
100 years ago today, May 21 1914, Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst led her Suffragettes on what proved to be their last …
Suffragette talks
With my novel Suffragette Autumn Women’s Spring just published, here is a list of my forthcoming talks on Suffragettes. The …
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