Transnational Suffragettes

History Workshop Podcast

The struggle for women's right to vote is often thought to have been waged on a national level. But how was this movement transnational? In what ways was international travel important to women's agitation for the vote? How did women move between nations and inspire and challenge each other? If they stayed local, what helped them to feel part of an international community? Historians James Keating and Sumita Mukherjee discuss those questions in conversation with Rosa Campbell.