Politicians mark 100 years since some women granted the right to vote

Politicians mark 100 years since some women granted the right to vote; Manchester:INTTheresa May MP (Prime Minister) along to podiumMay making speech (unheard)Theresa May MP (Prime Minister) speech SOT - Women in the nineteenth century had to contend with open hostility and abuse to win their right to vote. In the twenty-first century it cannot be acceptable for any women, or any person to have to face threats and intimidation simply because she or he has dared to express a political opinion. Women including reporter in the audience watching speechWoman filming May's speech on her phoneTheresa May MP (Prime Minister) speech SOT - Well as the home secretary has said today, this issue of a pardon isn't quite as straightforward as it seems at first blush, and she will be looking at individual proposals. But I think what we all want to ask ourselves is actually how should we best honour the suffragettes, and recognise what they went through and what they did.