Deeds not words | 1. Battlelines are drawn

Published: June 12, 2024, 11:10 p.m.

In the opening episode of our new series on the suffragettes, Ellie Cawthorne charts how calls of \u201cvotes for women\u201d reached boiling point in Edwardian Britain. Speaking to expert historians, she uncovers how a dynamic new movement was formed to campaign for women\u2019s suffrage using \u201cdeeds not words\u201d, and how it would go on to become locked in a bitter war of attrition with the British establishment.\nThe HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices