Suffragettes

Earlier this week was International Women's Day, and today we are celebrating one woman who galvanised the fight for women's suffrage across the world...

Today in 1910, three hundred suffragettes marched on Parliament to demand the vote. With immense bravery, they faced down violent attack from the police and right-wing vigilantes in what is known to feminist history as 'Black Friday'.

The birthday of suffragette Annie Kenney is a good time to reflect on the Radical History of Manchester and the North West – a longtime bastion of progressive politics in the UK. Today marks 140 years since the birth of Manchester feminist legend .

200 years ago today, a march at St Peter's Field saw government soldiers attack a peaceful gathering of Mancunian workers, who were out demanding the right to vote.

The story of the youngest ever elected female MP and her non-violent (minus 1 slap) fight for equality in Northern Ireland. There’s a woman, turning 72 today, who one Irishman recently summed up as “our ”.

This is the third part of our series on the 1918 General Election. As well as for women and Ireland, the election was a landmark for the Labour Party. But some true radicals such as Scottish politician John Maclean have been forgotten. Until now.

The Suffragettes were intelligent women. They knew they'd be ignored by most politicians and newspapers. So they had to think of alternative ways of getting their message out.

Ask a left-leaning Briton what the most momentous election of modern times was and they'd typically say 1945. That makes sense - was catapulted into office with a landslide unprecedented in Labour's history.

115 years ago today, in 1903, the (WSPU) was born at 62 Nelson Street, Moss Side, Manchester - the Pankhursts' family home.

Across history, radical movements for democratic change have often been led by members of the upper classes.