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International Women's Day: The Manchester women fighting for a greener world

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Manchester is no stranger to revolutionary women. If anything, the city has been home to some of the most progressive women in history, women who have led the way in tackling some of the biggest issues of their day.

Indeed, Manchester was at the heart of the national campaign for equal voting rights, with the formidable Emmeline Pankhurst spearheading the suffragette movement alongside other esteemed Mancunians including novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, and Middleton botanist Lydia Becker.

Fast forward to the 1960s, and Mancunian women were lending their voices to another important cause: The Women’s Liberation Movement.

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