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Gertrude Wilkinson (1851–1929) – militant suffragette and member of the Women's Social and Political Union; Laetitia Withall (1881–1963) – poet, author and militant suffragette; Celia Wray (1872–1954) – suffragette and architect; I.A.R. Wylie (1885–1959) – Australian writer, suffragette in UK, working on The Suffragette
Adolphine Fletcher Terry (1882–1976) – author, advocate for women's suffrage, education reform and social justice in Arkansas; Helen Rand Thayer (1863–1935) — member, Advisory Board of the New Hampshire Equal Suffrage Association; M. Carey Thomas (1857–1935) – educator, linguist, and second President of Bryn Mawr College
Both suffragettes and police spoke of a "Reign of Terror"; newspaper headlines referred to "Suffragette Terrorism". [45] One suffragette, Emily Davison, died under the King's horse, Anmer, at The Derby on 4 June 1913. It is debated whether she was trying to pull down the horse, attach a suffragette scarf or banner to it, or commit suicide to ...
In 1911, the National Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage was created. It claimed 350,000 members and opposed women's suffrage, feminism, and socialism. It argued that woman suffrage "would reduce the special protections and routes of influence available to women, destroy the family, and increase the number of socialist-leaning voters." [184]
Suffragettes were arrested and imprisoned as they fought for voting rights. Photos from 1912 to 1920 chronicle their efforts and eventual victory. 20 vintage photos of suffragettes that will make ...
By 1903, Pankhurst believed that years of moderate speeches and promises about women's suffrage from members of parliament (MPs) had yielded no progress. Although suffrage bills in 1870, 1886, and 1897 had shown promise, each was defeated. She doubted that political parties, with their many agenda items, would ever make women's suffrage a priority.
[20] The Iroquois, like many First Nations in North America, [citation needed] had a matrilineal kinship system. Property and descent were passed through the female line. Women elders voted on hereditary male chiefs and could depose them. South Australian suffragist Catherine Helen Spence stood for office in 1897.
Kenney was born in 1879 in Springhead, West Riding of Yorkshire, to Horatio Nelson Kenney (1849–1912) and Anne Wood (1852–1905). [3] She was the fourth daughter in a family of twelve children, eleven of whom survived infancy. [4]