Christabel Pankhurst

The suffragettes wanted this right to vote so they had the same power and rights that men did, they wanted this so that they could have a say in how they were governed and which laws would dictate their lives. An Image of Annie Kenney and Christabel Pankhurst from the time shows that these women wanted to vote, often holding protests and marching through streets with signs displaying their thoughts. The expectations of these women were partly meet, 1869 saw single women and widowed rate-payers…

Alice Paul (Jan. 11, 1885 - July 9, 1977) was an American suffragist, feminist, and women 's rights activist, and a leader and strategist of the early 20th century campaign for the 19th constitutional amendment, which prohibited sex discrimination in the right to vote. “Deeds, not words” was one of her mottos, she fought for actual changes and not just promises, which helped change the lives of every women in the US. Alice’s impact is clearly found in the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade, Silent…

Source C is the front cover of an issue of ‘The Suffragette’, a magazine produced by the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), and edited by the Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst. This issue of the magazine was produced on the 13th June 1913. From my own knowledge, I know this was a fairly popular magazine, as it came out weekly, and there were about 17,000 issues in circulation each week. I also know that the Home Office tried to suppress the magazine, but as it was so popular, they only…

The tedious battle of equal rights for women in the 20th century lasted nearly one hundred years. (“Alice Paul: Feminist, Suffragist, and Political Strategist”) Many important women made significant impressions in this overcoming this struggle. Women’s suffrage, or their right to vote, was a concept that was fought for by a multitude of dedicated individuals. Alice Paul was a women’s rights activist who utilized her determination, education, courage, and persistence to make an everlasting impact…

In the United Kingdom, an important democratic change was the right to vote for women. It might be obvious in the 21st century that women and men are politically equal but during the 20th century, a militant suffragist stepped in front of horses running a race and received fatal injuries only to acquire the right to vote. To overcome an established culture and gender stereotypes, women protested peacefully, had strong organizations and showed their productivity. In the United Kingdom, just…

The 1920’s, most commonly known as the “Roaring Twenties”or “Jazz Age”, had so much going on. Like; mass production of radios, cars, and popular household applications, there was a big fear of communism, Ellis island closes down, the Wall Street crash, and the list goes on.http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1920s.html But, the major thing that happened that changed many women’s lives. According to History. com, “At the time the U.S. was founded, its female citizens did not share all of the same…

The 1970 Act only dealt with equal pay for the same work but in 1975 the EU directive on Equal Pay was passed based on article 119. In 1978, despite the passage of legislation to promote equal pay, women’s position in the UK was still worse than in Italy, France, Germany, or the Benelux countries in 1972. However, The Act has now been mostly superseded by Part 5, chapter 3, of the Equality Act 2010. The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider…