In this month’s episode of We’ve Got Issues, Esther and Sarah welcome Jess back into the fold as they discuss Sally Heathcoate: Suffragette, a graphic novel written by husband and wife team Bryan and Mary Talbot and illustrated by Kate Charlesworth. Join the gang as they delve deep into the novel and the history books to find out more about this well-known movement.

References

17:10 “The Violence of the Suffragettes with Fern Riddell” on Dan Snow's History Hit podcast

Dan Snow and historian Fern Riddell explore the history of Suffragette militancy as well as discussing Riddell’s book Death in Ten Seconds: The Forgotten Life of Radical Suffragette Kitty Marion.

Alice Hawkins and the Suffragette Movement in Edwardian Leicester by Dr Richard Whitmore.

This book offers and insight into the Suffragette movement in Leicester with a particular focus on the activities of Alice Hawkins, one of the most prominent suffragettes in the city whose statue can now be seen in Leicester’s market square.

20:26 Suffragette (2015)

This film follows the story of working class woman Maud Watts as she becomes involved with the WSPU. The film is particularly good at exploring the reasons why working class women in particular needed the vote.

26:47 “Suffragettes in Prison, Hunger Strikes and Force Feeding” on the Suffragette City podcast

The Suffragette City podcast covers a wide range of topics relating to the women's suffrage movement in the UK, however, this particular episode is the one Sarah is referring to here.

1:07:49 Horrible Histories “Suffragette Song” and “Bad Romance: Women’s Suffrage” by Soomo Publishing