Disturbed by Christabel's militancy and aggressive attitude Sylvia moves to the East end of London to start the East London Federation of Suffragettes, aiming to improve the lives of working women. Meanwhile the government enforces harsher measures against the union members, leading to more extreme acts of defiance such as Mary Richardson's destruction of Velazquez's painting the Rokeby Venus and the demonstration by Emily Davison at the Derby, leading to her death.