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Women's right to vote: Marking 100 years

Live broadcast from the home of leading suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, how suffrage campaigners would view women's equality today, what having the vote means to three young women.

100 years since women were granted the right to vote we broadcast live from the Pankhurst Centre - the house in Manchester where leading suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst lived and campaigned. We hear from Gail Heath, Chief Executive of the Pankhurst Trust and suffrage historians Elizabeth Crawford and Diane Atkinson about the women who fought for the vote - how would suffrage campaigners view the movement for equality today? What does having the vote means to Blessie, Rachel and Beth - three young women who become eligible to vote this year. And the modern day campaigners - how far would they go in the name of their cause? Activists Caroline Criado Perez and Akeela Ahmed discuss. And we talk to the Prime Minister Theresa May - would she have been a suffragette or suffragist?

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Dianne McGregor

Interviewed guests
Prime Minister Theresa May
Diane Atkinson
Elizabeth Crawford
Gail Heath
Caroline Criado Perez
Akeela Ahmed
Blessie
Rachel
Beth.

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58 minutes

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Tue 6 Feb 2018 10:00
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Chapters

  • Pankhurst Centre

    Duration: 04:25

  • Suffragettes v Suffragists

    Duration: 10:58

  • Theresa May

    Duration: 10:47

  • Young Women and the Vote

    Duration: 09:20

  • Modern Day Activists

    Duration: 06:26

Credits

Presenter Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest Theresa May
Interviewed Guest Diane Atkinson
Interviewed Guest Elizabeth Crawford
Interviewed Guest Gail Heath
Interviewed Guest Caroline Criado Perez
Interviewed Guest Akeela Ahmed
Producer Dianne McGregor

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  • Tue 6 Feb 2018 10:00
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