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Vera Holme, known as Jack, left a career as a cross-dressing actress to become chauffeur to Emmeline Pankhurst. Eve Haverfield was the daughter of a Scottish baron. The pair met in 1909, fell in love and became public faces of the suffragettes, enduring Prison for the cause. During World War One they carved radical new paths, driving emergency vehicles, running military hospitals and bearing arms. Throughout, they refused to compromise on their sexuality, and stay ‘forthright, flamboyant and proud’. Wendy Moore uses Jack and Eve’s remarkable story to examine the suffragette movement, the work of women in war and lesbian identity in the twentieth century.
Chaired by Gerry Foley
‘Once more, Wendy Moore proves she is unrivalled when it comes to shining a light on history’s hidden figures. In JACK AND EVE, Moore gives us not one but two genuine trailblazers whose lives are worthy of a Hollywood biopic. This is nonfiction at its best.’ – Lindsey Fitzharris, author of THE FACEMAKER
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