The Suffragettes: Where is Sylvia?
Sylvia Pankhurst fought for the right to vote with a capital “V”. She believed in social transformation and supported the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Statues of her mother Emmeline Pankhurst and a plaque commemorating her sister Christabel Pankhurst feature outside the Houses of Parliament but where is Sylvia? This taster of a film in the making suggests Sylvia is a woman worth remembering. There are numerous opportunities to get involved in the development of this film. If you are interested, do drop us a line.
Recommended links:
- Website dedicated to the life and works of Sylvia Pankhurst
- The Sylvia Pankhurst Memorial Committee
- Book Sylvia Pankhurst: A Life in Radical Politics by Mary Davis
- Article by Patrick West, Open Democracy: The Stone Bomb
- Articles from the Workers Dreadnought socialist newspaper largely run by Sylvia Pankhurst
Related topics: Democracy, International, Making History, Social Change
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Nuura said:
It’s hard to believe that we women take for granted were fought for so greatly. It’s dissapointing that Sylvie did not get a proper remorial or even respect. Just because she agreed with the Bolsheviks, the early foundation of the communists. Therefore she was erased from history because her beliefs were not in line of the British.
Millieme said:
What a woman, what an inspiration, she is certainly one of my heroes. She fought for political and social equality, she worked her butt off to ensure people in the East End got a better deal immediately whilst fighting to smash a system that could never provide for all. This meant she broke away from the WSPU, the Women’s Social and Political Union, when WW1 broke out refusing to back this imperialist war as the WSPU did. As Bernard Shaw said of Sylvia “there are only two opinions of her, that she was miraculous and that she was unbearable.”
visa2020 said:
Where is Sylvia is a very good question! This intro to a forthcoming film gives us some good insights into her life and relatively unsung contribution to politics.