Both Pankhurst and Mill/Taylor challenged the women’s role in politics. Pankhurst asserted that suffrage and the right to a profession were among the basic human rights. She advocates heavily for a universal suffrage that included women, as it often did not. Pankhurst asserts that “either women are to be killed or women are to have the vote.” Her views on suffrage directly challenged the political status quo of the time due to the fact that women did not have the right to vote. Since they lacked this right they were very easily deterred from having any participation in government or
Both Pankhurst and Mill/Taylor challenged the women’s role in politics. Pankhurst asserted that suffrage and the right to a profession were among the basic human rights. She advocates heavily for a universal suffrage that included women, as it often did not. Pankhurst asserts that “either women are to be killed or women are to have the vote.” Her views on suffrage directly challenged the political status quo of the time due to the fact that women did not have the right to vote. Since they lacked this right they were very easily deterred from having any participation in government or