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It covered the period from the 1890s to 1919 and followed the suffrage movement as it was influenced by the Pankhursts: Richard, Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia, and Annie Kenney. [2] [3] The series was written by Douglas Livingstone, Alan Plater, Ken Taylor and Hugh Whitemore. The series was made in association with Warner Bros. Television. [4]
The sitcom is set in 1910 and focuses on the women of the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle and their level of commitment to the women's suffrage movement. [1] Having seen the Women's suffrage movement in London, Margaret (Jessica Hynes) returns to Banbury and asks the ladies of her local craft circle to support the cause.
Ellen Crocker (known as Nelly or Nellie) was born in 1872 in Stogumber, Somerset.Her father was a doctor, and she had a sister, Emma. [1]Crocker joined the suffragette movement but left when her cousin Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence and husband Frederick were expelled from the Women's Social and Political Union by the Pankhurts.
Elizabeth Bellamy becomes involved in the Suffragette movement and she joins a group of militant suffragettes. She is participating in an attack on a government minister's London home. Elizabeth is arrested, along with her innocent housemaid Rose. Julius Karekin, who exiting the MP's house, finds Elizabeth's card. Julius Karekin (born 1875) is ...
Suffragette historian Paula Bartley also presents a constitutionalist analysis in her account of the actions of Suffragettes. She writes that militancy undermined Suffragist efforts to present women as “mature adults” who were worthy of the vote, instead making the whole campaign appear irrational. [ 16 ]
A viral black and white photo of women eating pie in 1921 is being shared on social media alongside a false caption.
Both suffragettes and police spoke of a "Reign of Terror"; newspaper headlines referred to "Suffragette Terrorism". [45] One suffragette, Emily Davison, died under the King's horse, Anmer, at The Derby on 4 June 1913. It is debated whether she was trying to pull down the horse, attach a suffragette scarf or banner to it, or commit suicide to ...
In August 1921, Kenney began publishing her 'Revelations' and so-called 'secrets of suffragettes' in a series of twelve articles in the popular weekly Scottish paper, The Sunday Post, among the news, human interest stories and short features. The series began with a potted history of her life as a 'factory girl' (from the age of ten, part-time ...