Women Demand Equal Compensation (1941)

Item title reads - Women demand equal compensation. Trafalgar Square, London. M/S of lady making speech at base of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square. L/S pan across small crowd of both sexes gathered to demand equal compensation for war injured men and women. Various shots of Lady Nancy Astor making a speech saying she hates all types of war particularly civil, class and sex wars, but she likes fighting for justice. M/S of Dr. Edith Summerskill saying politically she is poles apart from Nancy Astor, but they are united on questions of women. Various shots of the crowds, Edith asks them to vote for equal compensation and everyone puts their hands up. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,