Synopsis
Documentary, presented by Lucy Worsley, which uses dramatised testimony to tell the story of a group of working-class women conducting a dangerous campaign for the vote.
- Programme: Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2018
- History | Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day | Women's suffrage
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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