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A great deal of information is being shared about upcoming events and celebrations. The “Suffragette” film links below are courtesy of June Purvis, an advisor to the film and an extra in the production. The film opens October 23 in the U.S.

Suffragette review: the battle for the vote, June Purvis historical adviser on the film Suffragette, delivers her verdict, The Times Higher Online, 7 October 2015 http://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/suffragette-review-battle-vote

Being an extra in the feature film Suffragette, by June Purvis, Parliamentary UK Vote 100 online, 7 October 2015 http://ukvote100.org/2015/10/07/being-an-extra-in-the-feature-film-suffragette/

Interview by Linda Kinstler, ‘This movement was most upsetting to the powers that be because of its classlessness’, says Meryl Streep, New York Times Online, 9 October 2015. http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/10/08/this-movement-was-most-upsetting-to-the-powers-that-be-because-of-its-classlessness-says-meryl-streep/

Suffragette: ‘a moving and inspiring film that must be seen says June Purvis,   BBC History Magazine, History Extra Online, 9 October 2015. http://www.historyextra.com/article/social-history/suffragette-review-moving-and-inspiring-film-must-be-seen

Interview with Radhika Sanghani, ‘Suffragettes lost husbands, children and jobs’: the heavy price women paid, Telegraph Online 12 October 2015. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11917603/Suffragettes-lost-husbands-jobs-and-families-Womens-heavy-price.html

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