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Suffragist: Formation: 10 October 1903; 120 years ago () Founder: Emmeline Pankhurst (WSPU) Purpose: Votes for women: Methods: Marches, heckling, civil disobedience, direct action, hunger strike, terrorism (see suffragette bombing and arson campaign)
- Women's Social and Political Union
Early years. The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)...
- List of suffragists and suffragettes
This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted...
- Women's suffrage
Marie Stritt (1855–1928), German suffragist, co-founder of...
- Women's Social and Political Union
Fighting for women’s suffrage was not unique to the U.S. Even in ancient Athens, the birthplace of democracy, women were denied the right to vote. It wasn’t until the 1890s that countries began to grant universal women’s suffrage. Discover some of the suffragists who led those fights. Meet the revolutionary women.
Meet the Suffragists. In their fight for women’s right to vote, suffragists faced decades of derision, imprisonment, and abuse. Their resilience and determination changed the course of history and inspired later generations of activists. Here we present just some of the women who persisted and have endured. Learn about Susan B. Anthony.
Mar 29, 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).
Oct 29, 2009 · Print Page. Getty Images. The women’s suffrage movement was a decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. It took activists and reformers nearly 100 years to win...
