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Deeds not words | 6. Mission accomplished?

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After an escalating campaign of bombing and arson attacks, the suffragette movement was brought to a sudden halt on the outbreak of war in 1914. In the final episode of our new series Deeds not words: the story of the suffragettes, Ellie Cawthorne speaks to expert historians about why and how the campaign came to its conclusion, and whether it achieved its aims.

The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine.

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