An uplifting record of progress and strength… You’ll lay the book down feeling informed and galvanised to take action yourself.’ an independent incredible book. With the potential to change women’s lives.’ Sandi ToksvigWhy is it taking so long? Despite massive progress since the suffragette campaigns and wave after wave of feminism, women are still fighting for equality. Why will we wait until 2069 for the gender pay gap to disappear in the UK? Why, in 2015, did 11% of women lose their jobs due to pregnancy discrimination? Why has 1 in 3 women experienced physical or sexual violence? ‘Engaging…part feminist history, part progress scoresheet and part family memoir.’ Daily TelegraphIn Deeds Not Words, suffragette descendant and activist Helen Pankhurst charts the changes in women’s lives over the last 100 years.