120th anniversary of the creation of the Women’s Social and Political Union
This week marks 120 years since Manchester’s Emmeline Pankhurst set up the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), the formal
This week marks 120 years since Manchester’s Emmeline Pankhurst set up the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), the formal
Take a walk around Manchester – a thriving city centre with gleaming high rises, and it’s easy to become lost
In 2018, a raft of public figures including the female Prime-Minister at the time, Theresa May, payed tribute to the
The iconic site of the suffrage movement will present a new permanent display, ‘At home with the Pankhurst Family’ in
Until February 3 2019 Manchester’s People’s History Museum will display an exhibition reflecting on 100 years since the reform of the electoral system in Great Britain.
The People’s History Museum’s new exhibition, Represent! Voices 100 Years On, launched last week as activists gathered on stage to recreate an infamous photo taken of suffragettes gathering before the Black Friday protest in 1910.
Manchester is leading the charge this year for International Women’s Day.
International Women’s Day 2018 in Manchester will have a special cycling feel to it after TfGM announced they would be offering grants of up to £2,500.
The winning designer of the new Emmeline Pankhurst statue being erected in St Peter’s Square says the legendary suffragette’s unflinching dedication to women’s rights was her inspiration.
Manchester’s Museums and galleries will join together to host the fourth Wonder Women festival, in honour of International Women’s Day on Tuesday March 8.
There’s an odd beauty in seeing a century old reel of film projected on a giant cinema screen – scratches, fades and all.
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