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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 ...
Suffragists and suffragettes, often members of different groups and societies, used or use differing tactics. Australians called themselves "suffragists" during the nineteenth century while the term "suffragette" was adopted in the earlier twentieth century by some British groups after it was coined as a dismissive term in a newspaper article.
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
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.
The militant tactics of British and American suffragettes helped secure voting rights for women (in Britain, those rights were secured via Parliamentary acts passed in 1918 and 1928, and in the U ...
Isabel Giberne Sieveking (1857–1936) – suffragette and writer, member of the WSPU in Hastings [27] Frances Simson (1854–1938) – suffragist, campaigner for women's higher education and one of the first of eight women graduates from the University of Edinburgh; May Sinclair (1863–1946) – member of the Woman Writers' Suffrage League
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 ...
On August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. The amendment came after more than 70 years of struggle for women suffragists. Tennessee ...