{"id":6460,"date":"2026-04-01T12:34:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/?p=6460"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:36:21","slug":"suffragettes-significant-women-and-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/2026\/04\/01\/suffragettes-significant-women-and-manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"Suffragettes, Significant Women and Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/9a300e21-5966-4638-bab8-1f28c5b41bb5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6506 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/9a300e21-5966-4638-bab8-1f28c5b41bb5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/9a300e21-5966-4638-bab8-1f28c5b41bb5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/9a300e21-5966-4638-bab8-1f28c5b41bb5.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On the Saturday of the weekend celebrating Soroptimist International Manchester&#8217;s centenary our guests enjoyed (despite the cold weather!) a guided walking tour by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonathanschofieldtours.com\">www.jonathanschofieldtours.com<\/a> on \u2018Suffragettes, Significant Women and Manchester\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>We heard about the Pankhurst family, Lydia Becker, Annie Kenney and many more heroines of the female suffrage movement in Manchester who are commemorated in this stroll around interiors, buildings and landmarks where women fought for representation. There are stories of reasoned argument, attacks on paintings, arrests and the raising of the Votes for Women banner on 13 October, 1905.<\/p>\n<p>We also learnt about some exceptional and eccentric women that have featured prominently in the Manchester story from Ann Lee &#8216;the bride of Christ&#8217;, through Ann Bland, Elizabeth Raffald, Mary Fildes, Elizabeth Gaskell, Shena Simon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6529\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-50-33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6529 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-50-33-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-50-33-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-50-33.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmeline Pankhurst statue in St Peter&#8217;s Square<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6531\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-51-45.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6531 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-51-45-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-51-45-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-51-45.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachelle in St Ann&#8217;s Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6530\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-51-41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6530 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-51-41-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-51-41-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-51-41.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Member Helen (L) and President Fiona (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-38-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6532 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-38-02-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-38-02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-28-12-38-02.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We warmed and enjoyed a traditionally British lunch, fish &amp; chips in the main, in Mr Thomas&#8217;s Chop House which was established in 1867.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning Katarina enjoyed visiting member Susan, volunteering at the at the <a href=\"http:\/\/pankhurstmusem.com\">Pankhurst Centre<\/a> and made a very striking Suffragette!<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-29-12-38-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6528 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-29-12-38-08-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-29-12-38-08-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-03-29-12-38-08.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Rachelle Manders-Ratcliff<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Saturday of the weekend celebrating Soroptimist International Manchester&#8217;s centenary our guests enjoyed (despite&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Suffragettes, Significant Women and Manchester | News | Blog | Events | SI Manchester<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Manchester : Blog &amp; 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