A Tale of Two Sisters - The Pankhurst Sisters

A 3DD Production in association with UKTV 1x60

2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of votes for women in the UK This great political change was led by a single family – the Pankhursts, notably the siblings Christabel and Sylvia led by their mother Emmeline.

Thousands of women gave their all to the Suffrage movement, many endured emotional, physical and sexual abuse and others would pay the ultimate price.

Alongside the Pankhursts they all fought for “the sisterhood” but for Christabel and Sylvia their own sisterhood would be strained to the point of breaking.

But the private lives of the sisters are still less understood than their public personae

Contributors:

HELEN PANKHURST Grand-daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, women's rights activist and writer)
SHEILA ROWBOTHAM Feminist theorist, author of Hidden From History
JUNE PURVIS Professor of Women's and Gender History, University of Portsmouth)
KATHERINE CONNELLY Activist, historian, author of 'Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire'
RACHEL HOLMES Cultural historian & Author

Also available in the series Elizabeth & Margaret // Elizabeth & Mary // Amelia Earhart // Anne Frank // The Mitfords // Jackie // Anne & Mary

A 3DD Production 2018