Suffragette Derby – 101st anniversary of Emily Davison’s death
Emily Davison died in Epsom hospital from head injuries sustained at the 1913 Epsom Derby several days earlier. The tragic …
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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 …
Suffragette Autumn Women’s Spring preface
Suffragette Autumn Women’s Spring begins in 1912 but the book has a brief preface to set the scene, as follows: …
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 …
