The latest news, comment and archive pieces on Emmeline Pankhurst
September 2023
Glasgow Women’s Library appeals for help to buy suffragette medal
Award recognising first hunger strike in Scotland over women’s suffrage is to be auctioned in London on 3 October
February 2023
Observer New Review Q&A
Beverley Knight: ‘Prince encouraged me to be bold’
Sylvia review – storming show sets suffragettes to soul, funk and hip-hop
November 2022
Graphic novel of the month
No Surrender by Scarlett and Sophie Rickard review – the long fight for women’s rights revisited
A brilliant graphic update of Constance Maud’s 1911 call to arms puts the hobnail boots into the women’s march for suffrage
October 2022
Beverley Knight: Suffragettes’ struggle still relevant today
The soul singer plays Emmeline Pankhurst in Sylvia, a hip-hop musical returning to the Old Vic
March 2022
Statue of suffragist Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy deserves a mention
Letter: Hazel Reeves’ bronze was revealed on International Women’s Day in Congleton, says Susan Munro,but where was the coverage?
March 2021
From Magna Carta to Malcolm X: sites that shaped British civil rights
The Great British Art Tour
The Great British Art Tour: Manchester celebrates 'Our Emmeline', who changed history
August 2019
Peterloo’s impact on the Pankhursts
Letter: June Purvis elaborates on how the Manchester massacre had a profound influence on the activists
December 2018
The messy history of first-wave feminism
Sylvia Pankhurst’s popularity shows the shifting nature of politics
Martin Kettle
Inspiring suffragist forgotten by history
Brief letters
Placenames that are simply beyond our Kent
The new Pankhurst statue makes me proud of the Manchester I grew up in
Anita Sethi
Emmeline Pankhurst statue unveiled in Manchester - video
Thousands welcome Emmeline Pankhurst statue in Manchester
November 2018
The Guardian view on blue plaques and banknotes: making women count
Editorial: Famous females on plinths and currency won’t end inequality, but they matter as a statement of intent
October 2018
Show celebrates 'Leicester Pimpernel' and other less famous suffragettes
Exhibition aimed at young people introduces unsung heroines such as Lilian Lenton
September 2018
Emmeline Pankhurst will stand her ground outside parliament
Proposed move of statue funded by suffragettes to Regent’s Park led to outcry
August 2018
Sylvia: the suffragettes giving musicals a kick in the ballots
It sets history to hip-hop and has a diverse cast – but Sylvia is not riding on the coattails of Hamilton, says its director Kate Prince. Instead its heroine marches to a beat all her own
