Hannah became a pioneer the hard way

Hannah Mitchell House

Rosie Gilligan looks at the life of Hannah Mitchell, a Derbyshire lady  who was a real pioneer in fighting for equal  rights for women.

IT IS DIFFICULT TODAY to imagine just how unremittingly hard life was for working-class women in Derbyshire over a century ago. Yet a few still found the energy and courage to join the Suffragette movement and fight for equal treatment with men…