From Wondery I'm Alice Levine and I'm Matt Ford and this is British scandal. We have come to the end of a very dramatic series following the stories of the

women that took it upon themselves to give democratic rights to over half the British population.

I thought this was all going to be sashes and shouting, but I did not expect how widespread the

support was for the movement. When you get half a million people at that monster march,

the brutal realities of force-feeding and what that actually meant

are quite how militant they were. I had no idea that explosives have been so widely used.

And mittens, lest we forget.

Also how the government just thought they could ignore them and shut them up.

I mean, it's mad to think that you could ignore such strong characters like Emeline Pankhurst who was the

matriarch of the movement? Yes she truly dedicated her life to this movement.

She had to make the incredibly difficult decision between her family and her politics. the for years and years to get women the vote. She died just 18 days before the act was passed.

We are very privileged that we are going to be speaking to the great granddaughter of

Emmeline Pankhurst. She's a women's rights activist, writer, and a senior advisor for care,

an international and humanitarian organization fighting global poverty and social injustice.

She is Professor Helen Panker C be

and she'll be joining us after this.

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