The WI: jam-making radicals who literally saved Britain and told Thatcher to shove it.
Documentary to mark the WI's centenary. Lucy Worsley goes beyond the stereotypes of jam and Jerusalem to reveal the surprisingly radical side of this Great British institution.
Writing
Worsley's gleeful debunking of 'jam and Jerusalem' clichés.
Production
Archival footage of 1915 suffragettes turning rural housewives into activists.
Director
Eleanor Scoones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The WI's 1915 founding mission was literally 'revolution in the home' — they taught women to demand fair wages for dairy work and resist exploitative middlemen.
The famous 'calm down, dear' sexism debate? Actually started when WI members stormed a 1999 conference with 'deeds not words' banners — the same slogan their suffragette grandmothers used.
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