Author: Helen Antrobus
Number Of Pages: 160
Release Date: 14-11-2019
Details: Product Description Emmeline Pankhurst stands proudly in St Peter's Square, but she stands for so many more... From the women who marched to St Peter's Fields flying the flag for reform to the first entrepreneurs, the women of Greater Manchester have long stood shoulder to shoulder in the fight for equality and social change. For the centenary of some women being able to vote in 2018, the journey began for a statue to be erected, symbolising the incredible lives and achievements of Manchester's radical women. Glimpse at the lives of the twenty women who were long-listed in the campaign, who all made Manchester first in the fight for freedom, and feminism About the Author Helen Antrobus is a social history curator and historian from Manchester, specialising in the lives of 20th Century political women. As a public historian she has appeared on programmes such as the One Show, Who Do You Think You Are, Edwardian Britain in Colour, Britain's Lost Masterpieces, as well as BBC Radio 4's Ramblings and Great Lives. Andrew Simcock has been the Labour Councillor for Didsbury East on Manchester City Council since 2011. In 2014 he launched the WoManchester campaign to erect a statue of a woman of significance to Manchester, which resulted in the installation of Hazel Reeves' Emmeline Pankhurst statue in St. Peter's Square. The unveiling coincided with the 100th anniversary of some women voting for the first time in the British General Election.
EAN: 9781845472528
Languages: English
Binding: Paperback
Item Condition: New