Shoulder to Shoulder

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  • BBC Two
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The Pankhursts
Episode overview
In 1895 the progressive Labour candidate Richard Pankhurst fails to be elected as the MP for Gorton in Manchester but assures his wife Emmeline and elder daughters Christabel and Sylvia .. show full overview
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Annie Kenney
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Northern mill worker Annie Kenney, fifth of eleven children, is inspired by a speech given by Christabel, with whom she demands votes for women at a Liberal meeting, resulting in them .. show full overview
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Lady Constance Lytton
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Through patronage of an arts movement for working class girls high-born Lady Constance Lytton meets members of the W.S.P.U. and, whilst sympathetic to the cause, opposes militant action. .. show full overview
1x4
Christabel Pankhurst
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In 1910 composer Ethel Smythe joins the union, writing its anthem The March of the Women though the Pankhursts are more concerned with Asquith's rejection of the Conciliation Bill, which .. show full overview
1x5
Outrage
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Disturbed by Christabel's militancy and aggressive attitude Sylvia moves to the East end of London to start the East London Federation of Suffragettes, aiming to improve the lives of .. show full overview
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Sylvia Pankhurst
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Weakened by another spell in prison Sylvia Pankhurst joins her mother on a visit to Christabel in Paris but the sisters clash over Sylvia's support for Irish Home Rule. Indeed .. show full overview

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