In this provocative three-part series, Professor Amanda Vickery (Pride & Prejudice: Having A Ball and The Many Lovers Of Jane Austen) tells the story of the long war to give women an equal share of power in Britain. It was the Edwardian suffragettes who won the vote, but Vickery reveals that they were part of a much longer struggle started in the 18th century. She shows how bloody revolution, working class radicals, love-struck philosophers, campaigners in the sex industry, and, even the humble bicycle, all played a part in tackling the most enduring social injustice. It's a story that puts the battle for the vote at the turn of the twentieth century in its true context. Vickery argues it's a war that's still going on today.