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29 de mar. de 2024 · Women’s suffrage, the right of women by law to vote in national or local elections. Women were excluded from voting in ancient Greece and republican Rome as well as in the few democracies that had emerged in Europe by the end of the 18th century. The first country to give women the right to vote was New Zealand (1893).
Marylebone Lane Station. “D” Division. February 23rd 1911. Notes taken from a suffragette meeting held at the Steinway Hall on the 23rd. inst. at 8.pm under the auspices of the Womens Social and Political Union. Mrs. Tuke, in the chair opened the meeting by welcoming new comers and explaining the meaning and the urgency of the Vote.
Extract from a police report on a suffragette meeting at Hampstead Town Hall with speakers including Emmeline Pankhurst, 14 February 1913 (Catalogue ref: HO 45/10695/231366) Transcript Metropolitan Police Criminal Investigation Department, New Scotland Yard, 14th February 1913 Re Suffragette Meeting. I beg to report having been present on the 13th.inst., in company with P.C.s Haines […]
27 de ene. de 2019 · Emmeline Pankhurst: The Suffragette Who Used Militant Tactics To Win Women The Vote. In a time when the women's suffrage movement relied on patience and polite speeches, Emmeline Pankhurst paved her own path with action. “I incite this meeting into rebellion.”. With those words, British activist Emmeline Pankhurst changed the way that the ...
The Suffragette movement formed in the UK when Emmeline Pankhurst, a member of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), broke away from the group after becoming frustrated with its approach. In 1903, she formed the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), which was more inclusive of women from all backgrounds and which started using more violent tactics to campaign for ...
6 de feb. de 2018 · Image: Men and women campaigning at a Suffragette meeting in London's Hyde Park George Lansbury MP resigned so he could fight a by-election on the suffrage question.
6 de mar. de 2015 · There were over 20 suffragette rallies at the Royal Albert Hall between 1908 and 1918, making the venue an important part of the fight in the women’s suffrage movement. However, on 5 December 1908 , a meeting was held at the Hall that was to make headlines around the world and divided public opinion on the actions of the suffragettes.
