“An Evening with Dr. Helen Pankhurst”, organised by Soroptimist International Skipton in Craven, took place before a packed (mostly female) audience at St. Andrew’s Church, Skipton, on Monday 19th September. Helen invited questions on three topics as a starter to the event: the Suffragettes, the work of Care international and how much things have changed for women over the last hundred years. Her answers and the subsequent discussion covered subject such as: how the film “Suffragette” had combined historical fact with fiction in creating some characters, eg: Maud, who were composites rather than actual people; how providing wells and pumps for places where women still walk miles every day to fetch water can bring many benefits but also unforeseen consequences such as increasing a women’s fertility; and how much still remains to be done to achieve true equality for women in pay, in business and in politics. After a brief talk about Soroptimism by the Regional Membership Officer Pat Kilbane, the evening finished with refreshments.