HISTORY
On Suffragettes
Monday 24 December 2007 20:00-20:30 (Radio 4 FM)
Michael Portillo presents a series revisiting the great moments of history to discover that they often conceal other events of equal but forgotten importance.
Suffragettes are now remembered as the acceptable face of direct action, but parts of the movement's history have been conveniently forgotten, including a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Herbert Asquith in 1909 and a series of arson attacks.
