Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
The lives of the Pankhurst women and their role in the Suffragette Movement.
Seasons & Episode
1898: Dr and Mrs Pankhurst and their four children are living comfortably in Manchester. However, in that year an event occurs which will radically change all their lives.
1904: Annie Kenney - a mill worker since the age of ten. What has Women's Suffrage to offer her?
1908: Constance Lytton : daughter of the Viceroy of India, she came from one of the leading families in the land. Almost any door was open for her.
Black Friday, 18 November 1910. A violent struggle in Parliament Square between suffragettes and police. But why don't the police arrest the suffragettes...?
The campaign grows: suffragettes destroy property and Emily Wilding Davison becomes a martyr to the cause.
1914: War is declared, and women still do not have the vote.