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Helen Pankhurst charts the history of women’s rights
Dr Helen Pankhurst, granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst and great granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, will be joining the University of Bristol for a special talk charting the development of women’s lives over the last century as well as looking back at the suffragette movement.
Helen, a woman’s rights activist herself, will be looking at the past and present to see how women can achieve equality in the future.
The lecture has been organised by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law. It coincides with the university’s Vote 100 campaign in which they mark the milestone of when Parliament passed the 1918 Representation of the People Act, giving the first group of women the right to vote.
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Dr Tigist Grieve, from the School of Education at the University of Bristol, said: “We are delighted that Dr Helen Pankhurst is coming to speak at our University at this time of significant celebration of women in the UK winning the right to vote 100 years ago.”
Helen is both a writer and speaker on feminist issues. Her novel, Deeds not Words: The Story Of Women’s Rights Then And Now, was published in February and she also gives her time as senior advisor to the international, humanitarian agency, CARE International.
She will be looking at the struggles of women in the modern day, including issues such as the gender pay gap and the lack of female representation in government.
The event, taking place at the School of Education on Berkeley Square, begins at 4.30pm on Friday, May 11.
For more information and to book free tickets, visit www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/may/helen-pankhurst.html
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