Suffragette

absolute faith that women can and will achieve the equality that they so rightfully deserve. These brave women never cease to inspire others to unite and make a difference. An example of a women that made history due to the suffragists and the sister suffragettes is Margaret Thatcher. Miss Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. So far she is the only female to take on this role, she was also the longest serving British prime minister of the 20th century.…

Over the last century, there have been many reforms made in society, but the most important one is the Movement of women in Canada. For many years Canadian women were suffering because they did not have equal rights as men, which of course is unfair because it was primarily based on gender. Some women dedicated their lives to fighting for women to have the rights they deserve. Some of the rights that women never used to have included; having the right to vote, being able to decide either or not…

Iron Jawed Angels is a 2004 American drama film directed by Katja van Garnier and focuses on a group of suffragettes led by Alice Paul who argue for women’s rights. The movie begins as Alice Paul and Lucy Burns return to America from England and embark on a plan to legalize women’s right to vote, hampered by the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. The two women arrange a meeting with the chairman of NAWSA, Anna Howard Shaw, and try to push for a constitutional amendment allowing women to vote. However…

affect the population’s behaviour patterns and norms. Social Change occurred during the Suffragette movement when Emmeline Pankhurst was the leader of the group. This drastic change…

Muriel Mattes was a prominent figure in the Feminist Movement, who campaigned the vote for women in the early 1900s. Though her work was mainly recognised in Britain, she is an Australian born suffragette. Muriel Matters pulled off quirky, bold and brave actions which forwarded the movement. Muriel Matters influences effected society, this was significant as her work was a part of the first wave of the Feminism Movement, consequently effected women today’s right to vote. Muriel Matters was born…

Women: intelligent, willing, and powerful. That is the definition used to describe those of today’s century who have conquered becoming political leaders, entrepreneurs, and working mothers in a world surrounded by critics. However, to understand the success of these women, one must understand how the 19th and 20th century influenced many to take a stand for equality in the political world. Many women during that time were raised and lived to be “perfect housewives,” providing a safe and clean…

Due to the National Union of Woman Suffrage Society’s lack of developments to their cause, Emmeline Pankhurst decided to create the WSPU. The leader of the NUWSS, Millicent Fawcett, was a well-known pacifist. She centered her efforts on changing social conditions rather that using political action to gain the right to vote. She used strategies such as writing letters and publishing works in newspapers. Unfortunately these actions made little impact on England’s Government. Enter Emmeline…

Alternatively, other historians give credit to women’s pre-war political movements. In fact, as the men returned after the war, women were dismissed back home, forced from their jobs and were expected to go back into domestic life. This demonstrates how women’s employment could only have had a short term impact. In fact, the argument can be taken further, with some claiming that the war actually delayed the process. Historian Paula Bartley states that “” In fact, only women over 30 were granted…

Emmeline Pankhurst, born July 15 1858 in Manchester, United Kingdom, was raised in a politically active family, in which both her parents were abolitionists and supporters of female suffrage. Pankhurst was exposed to social issues at a young age and attended her first women’s suffrage meeting at age fourteen. Pankhurst was fifteen when she left the country to receive an education in Paris at École Normale Supérieure. She returned to Great Britain in 1878 and married Richard Pankhurst in December…

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…