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Director of Liberty Shami Charkrabarti speaks in favour of Emmeline Pankhurst.

Pankhurst was a leading activist in fighting for women's rights in Britain. She attended her first suffrage meeting aged 14 and went on to set up the Women's Social and Political Union with her daughters to campaign for the right for women to vote. As a figurehead for the suffragette movement she was responsible for increasing militancy among supporters. Her actions led to her being repeatedly imprisoned where she went on hunger strike. She died in 1928, the year that women gained the same voting rights as men.

On Wednesday 16th June Jenni Murray hosted a live debate at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Broadcasting House, where four advocates tried to persuade a 300-strong studio audience that the individual whose cause they were championing has done the most to give women a voice in British politics.