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10 giu 2024 · Emmeline Pankhurst, militant champion of woman suffrage whose 40-year campaign, which included numerous arrests, achieved complete success in the year of her death, when British women obtained equality in the voting franchise. Learn more about Pankhurst’s life and career.
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13 giu 2024 · By the early 20th century, two groups had become prevalent in the campaign for women’s suffrage. Informally called suffragists and the suffragettes, both aimed to secure women’s right to vote – though they had very different approaches.
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24 giu 2024 · The 1912 stone-throwing campaign, initiated by Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, was launched on London's unsuspecting West End on 1 March with the smashing of several shop windows, and...
25 giu 2024 · Among the founders of the organization known as the WSPU, which formed originally out of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, were three members of the Pankhurst family–Emmeline, Christabel, Sylvia.
24 giu 2024 · Emmeline Pankhurst, the original suffragette, endured nightmares in prison to secure the right to vote—yet few people know her even darker history.
6 giorni fa · Here, the complex relationships of a range of suffrage organisations are considered, and Law reminds us that amongst the grass roots membership there was anything but universal compliance with the decision of Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst (who led one of over fifty suffrage societies in 1914, albeit one of the three largest) that ...
13 giu 2024 · The 1918 general election had seen 17 female candidates, including Christabel Pankhurst, who stood for the Women’s Party in Smethwick. Despite the Conservative Party agreeing not to field a candidate, Christabel narrowly lost to the Labour Candidate by 775 votes.
