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Radio Solent,2 mins

Remembering women across the south who fought for the right to vote

Julian Clegg

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Portsea-born mathematician, engineer and inventor, Hertha Ayrton supported militant suffragettes, and took in women recovering from the Holloway hunger-strikes. It's 100 years since women gained the right to vote.

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