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Brought to you by the team behind HistoryExtra and BBC History Magazine, HistoryExtra Plus gives you an in-depth look at history’s most exciting stories and compelling mysteries – from investigating the Salem witch trials and the disappearance of the princes in the tower, to unravelling the meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry and delving into the lives of history’s most influential figures.
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Deeds not words | Battlelines are drawn
In the opening episode of our new series on the suffragettes, Ellie Cawthorne charts how calls of “votes for women” reached boiling point in Edwardian Britain. Speaking to expert historians, she uncovers how a dynamic new movement was formed to campaign for women’s suffrage using “deeds not words”, and how it would go on to become locked in a bitter war of attrition with the British establishment.
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Deeds not words | Pankhurst family portrait
One family – the Pankhursts – stood at the centre of the suffragette movement. They set the agenda and inspired their followers into action, but their ideas about political campaigning were not always aligned. From matriarchal figurehead Emmeline to chief strategist Christabel and firebrand socialist Sylvia, in the second episode of our new series on the suffragettes, Ellie Cawthorne explores the crucial roles the family played in the movement. Speaking to historians, she uncovers a story of inspiration, self-sacrifice and sibling rivalry.
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Deeds not words | Making a statement
From eye-catching merchandise and punchy logos to memorable colour-schemes and trouble-making stunts, the suffragettes mastered the art of making a statement. In the third episode of our new series Deeds not words, Ellie Cawthorne uncovers how the activists developed innovative new methods to get their message heard. Speaking to expert historians, she reveals how they continue to inspire political campaigners today.
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Deeds not words | Cat and mouse
The suffragettes’ relationship with the British establishment was fractious to say the least. As well as experiencing police brutality on the streets, the activists were subjected to violent force-feeding in response to hunger strikes in prison. But, as we reveal in the fourth episode of our new series Deeds not words, when faced with this opposition, the suffragettes found ingenious ways of fighting back.
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Deeds not words | Burning down the house
Smashing windows, burning down politicians’ homes and planting bombs in public places. As the suffragette movement progressed, it turned to increasingly extreme methods to further its cause. In episode five of our new series on the suffragettes, Ellie Cawthorne speaks to expert historians to reveal how the campaign became ever more militant and asks: is it fair to call the suffragettes terrorists?
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Deeds not words | Mission accomplished?
After an escalating campaign of bombing and arson attacks, the suffragette movement was brought to a sudden halt on the outbreak of war in 1914. In the final episode of our new series Deeds not words: the story of the suffragettes, Ellie Cawthorne speaks to expert historians about why and how the campaign came to its conclusion, and whether it achieved its aims.
The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine.