Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst immortalised by Madame Tussauds for International Women’s Day
A number of modern-day activists, including Florence Given, joined Madame Tussauds to discuss Suffragette and her work.
National Portrait Gallery will get new wing as part of refurbishment
The Blavatnik Wing will host portraits of Charles Darwin, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, the Bronte sisters and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Beverley Knight to star as suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in musical
The musical returns for a limited run from January 27 to April 1 2023.
Feminist march adopts rally format as it moves indoors for first time
The seventh March4Women will take place at London’s Central Hall Westminster, used by the Suffragettes in 1914.
Watercolours by campaigner Sylvia Pankhurst bought by the Tate gallery in London
Watercolours by the late artist and campaigner Sylvia Pankhurst – "rare portraits of working-class women" from the early 20th century – have been bought by the Tate gallery in London.
Mount Stewart exhibition paints a portrait of the suffragette movement
THE Grand Central Hall in Mount Stewart, Co Down will from tomorrow host a special exhibition that presents an overview of the campaign for women’s suffrage from the late 19th century until the first decades of the 20th century, and commemorates the passing of the act in February 1918, which gave thousands of women in Britain and Ireland the right to vote in general elections.
Marie Curie named most significant woman in history in poll
The scientist topped a poll of 100 women who changed the world.
Helen Pankhurst: 100 years on, we need to keep fighting for women's rights
THE name Pankhurst is synonymous with women's rights.
International Women's Day: We can't claim success until nobody has been left behind
ANNE McVicker has spent over 30 years of her life working to improve women's lives and addressing inequalities that affect them in their homes or work.
Museum of London discovers unknown Suffragettes in 11-month programme
The project will mark a centenary since women were given the vote in the UK.