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Women have come a long way in the past 100 years -- from getting the vote to becoming prime minister, being consecrated as bishops and launched into space.
We've gained control over our fertility, shattered glass ceilings at work and our roles at home have changed through technical innovations and men being encouraged to become more hands-on.
But in the run-up to International Women's Day on March 8, women's rights activist Dr Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, says we still have a long way to go.
Her new book, Deeds Not Words, charts how women's lives have changed in the past century and looks at how they may continue to in the future.
She says it hasn't been difficult to continue the momentum of the Women's movement.
"There are moments when the zeitgeist or atmosphere sometimes is against feminism and when the message was harder," she explains. "But over the last three years, there's been a dramatic change in that, and more women self-identify positively with the word 'feminist'."
THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER She herself took some flak for having the Pankhurst name when she...