During the suffragette movement of the early 20th century, Kitty Marion was sent by the Pankhurst family to carry out a nationwide campaign of bombings and arson attacks. It was agreed amongst the suffragettes that they would need to fight for the vote using any means necessary – even if they were violent. However, after World War I, the revolutionary plots of Kitty and other militant suffragettes were disowned and buried. 100 years later, historian Dr Fern Riddell uses hidden diaries and Kitty’s own words to correct history and tell the story of one suffragette’s remarkable life – who was also an actress and later fought for birth control rights in America.
This talk is part of Off the Shelf's Suffrage 100 strand – see the programme for a whole host of events like this.
This event is one of our Off the Shelf 2018 picks.
- Words by
- Hannah Clugston
