The Women's Suffrage Movement In Britain
From the beginning and still to today the human race has never stopped changing. Never has the desire to learn, to discover, and create, been satisfied. Because of our unquenchable thirst for knowledge, understanding, and improvement, our world has undergone spectacular changes. But the role of women was the one thing that never seemed to change. Although the idea of feminism was not new. There have always been women who have exceeded to defy female subordination. In fact there were many ancient religions that idolized the idea of a powerful female figure. Despite the achievements of women …show more content…
Although there were many different parties of feminism with different beliefs on how suffrage should be dealt with. Some believed that women and men both had unique qualities that would benefit politics. There were also those who had no wish to reestablish women's role, but wanted suffrage to and improvement on mothers home life and ability to complete tasks efficiently, by giving women equal control over government matters. Which of course brought in men without franchise. Actually the feminist movement had male supporters, The Men's Union for Political Enfranchisement which was established in 1909. These men were seen as unmanly “poodles of the male sex” according to the Glasgow Evening …show more content…
The woman who accompanied Christabel Pankhurst at the Manchester Free Hall. Annie Kenney was born into working class family that faced many financial struggles. Kenney began working at a local cotton mill at age ten, where she had her finger ripped off by one of the spinning bobbins. And yet she continued to work at the mill for fifteen years. There were few jobs for a woman, and one could only afford what was offered to them. After hearing Christabel Pankhurst speak at the Oldham Clarion Vocal Club, Annie Kenney became involved with the WSPU, and soon would become one of its leaders. Annie Kenney was also one of the first to speak against the “Cat and Mouse
From the beginning and still to today the human race has never stopped changing. Never has the desire to learn, to discover, and create, been satisfied. Because of our unquenchable thirst for knowledge, understanding, and improvement, our world has undergone spectacular changes. But the role of women was the one thing that never seemed to change. Although the idea of feminism was not new. There have always been women who have exceeded to defy female subordination. In fact there were many ancient religions that idolized the idea of a powerful female figure. Despite the achievements of women …show more content…
Although there were many different parties of feminism with different beliefs on how suffrage should be dealt with. Some believed that women and men both had unique qualities that would benefit politics. There were also those who had no wish to reestablish women's role, but wanted suffrage to and improvement on mothers home life and ability to complete tasks efficiently, by giving women equal control over government matters. Which of course brought in men without franchise. Actually the feminist movement had male supporters, The Men's Union for Political Enfranchisement which was established in 1909. These men were seen as unmanly “poodles of the male sex” according to the Glasgow Evening …show more content…
The woman who accompanied Christabel Pankhurst at the Manchester Free Hall. Annie Kenney was born into working class family that faced many financial struggles. Kenney began working at a local cotton mill at age ten, where she had her finger ripped off by one of the spinning bobbins. And yet she continued to work at the mill for fifteen years. There were few jobs for a woman, and one could only afford what was offered to them. After hearing Christabel Pankhurst speak at the Oldham Clarion Vocal Club, Annie Kenney became involved with the WSPU, and soon would become one of its leaders. Annie Kenney was also one of the first to speak against the “Cat and Mouse