Episode 13

Two Social Reformers

Two Social Reformers

Season: 7 Episode: 13

Susanna Morgan and Jessie Stephen were two determined voices for change, social reformers who challenged injustice and fought to improve the lives of others, from campaigning for women’s rights to standing up for workers and the vulnerable, their efforts helped shape a fairer society and left a lasting mark on history.

CAST

Staffordshire Advertiser - Andrea Reid

Jessie Stephen - Lucy Brazier

The Daily Express - Cerise Reed


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SOURCES

bgas.org.uk

cliftonhotwells.org.uk

Avon Local History & Archaeology

Staffordshire Advertiser - Saturday 16 February 1856

BBC

Bristol Civic Society

Globe - Saturday 26 January 1856

Working Class Movement Library

Bristol Evening Post - Saturday 11 June 1977

Western Daily Press - Wednesday 13 June 1979

Bristol Evening Post - Tuesday 02 October 1979

Corston, J. (2018). Suffragette and activist Jessie Stephen: a life remembered.

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