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Emmeline Pankhurst's foundation of the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903 marked the start of a radical new phase in the fight to win the right to vote for British women. The campaign would send shock waves throughout the polite society of the Edwardian drawing room and provoke civil disobedience on a massive scale.
In this collection of programmes we hear from those women whose part in the struggle would finally culminate in the 1918 Representation of the People Act and the election of the first woman MP.
Features
- Late Night Line-Up: The Suffragettes
Late Night Line-Up
The Suffragettes
Two eminent peers share their experiences of the suffrage movement.
- Time to Remember: The 1913 Derby
Time to Remember
The 1913 Derby
Recalling the moment when Emily Davison leapt under the King's horse.
- News: Suffragettes Anniversary
- Sylvia Pankhurst on Emmeline.
Sylvia Pankhurst on Emmeline.
The achievements of the suffragette leader are recalled by her daughter.
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Scrapbook For 1912
Vera Brittain Introduces Dame Ethel Smyth
Dame Ethel Smyth remembers a window breaking campaign.
Scrapbook for 1909
Muriel Matters
Memories of an aerial leafleting campaign.
A Talk by Ada Flatman
Risking arrest to campaign for the tax-paying woman's vote.
Sylvia Pankhurst on Emmeline.
The achievements of the suffragette leader are recalled by her daughter.
In Town Tonight
The Suffragette Movement
A suffragette and a photographer remember an eventful court case.
Two of a Kind: Youth and Age
Votes for Women
Memories of a militant suffragette.
Time to Remember
The 1913 Derby
Remembering when Emily Davison leapt under the King's horse.
Late Night Line-Up
The Suffragettes
Two eminent peers share their experiences of the suffrage movement.
Woman's Hour
Eleanor Higginson and Grace Roe
Two veterans of the suffragette movement talk about the early days of the campaign.
Times Remembered
Dame Margery Corbett Ashby
Joan Bakewell meets a veteran suffragette.
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