I'm Emmeline Pankhurst, and for the first time ever, I, as a woman, have the backing of parliament to vote for who runs the country. This would not have happened without the suffragettes.

Newland Park became a refuge for any suffragettes who were on the run or needed somewhere to recover after the ordeal of ...

Who do you think might have written this in 1916? The English suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst penned those words soon after the Easter Rising. While she is best known for her brave work earning votes ...

Repeatedly imprisoned for the cause, Sylvia Pankhurst was one of the leading figures in the struggle for women’s suffrage in Britain. What many don’t know is that Pankhurst also played an ...

Sally Lindsay: Named the woman of the 20th century, Emily Pankhurst is a famous face the world over. Born in 1858, in industrial Manchester, she formed and led the suffragettes, a women only ...

The great-granddaughter of a Suffragette has likened Just Stop Oil to the women's rights moments - and suggested they too could end up in the history books. Helen Pankhurst, whose great ...

Suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst campaigned to win the vote. Emily Davison was a militant suffragette campaigner who went on hunger strike in Holloway Prison and later died after running out ...