Sylvia Pankhurst, Bow Road. Photo: Public Domain
Commemorating International Women’s Day, Katherine Connelly discusses the contribution of Sylvia Pankhurst and the East London Suffragettes to the struggle for women’s liberation at a Counterfire meeting in Preston
Katherine Connelly is the author of Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire and edited collection of Sylvia’s writings in the US, A Suffragette in America: Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change.
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Katherine Connelly
Kate Connelly is a writer and historian. She led school student strikes in the British anti-war movement in 2003, co-ordinated the Emily Wilding Davison Memorial Campaign in 2013 and is a leading member of Counterfire. She wrote the acclaimed biography, 'Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire' and recently edited and introduced 'A Suffragette in America: Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change'.