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who were the
suffragettes?
Suffragettes were a
militant women's
organization
campaigning for the
right to vote in early
20th century.
Their name comes
from the word 'suffrage'

3.

They were led by
Emmeline Pankhurst
and her daughters,
Christabel and Sylvia
Emmeline had founded
the Women's Social and
Political Union in 1903

4.

The suffrage
movement came
about as a
response to the
denial of political
rights to women

5.

goals and
objectives
Besides the right to vote in
political elections,
suffragettes also advocated
for women's education,
employment and public life
They published newspapers
and gave speeches that
condemned the unequal
treatment of women

6.

Suffragettes began with
harmless tactics: lobbying
politicians, organising
public marches and holding
rallies with speeches

7.

Soon suffragettes moved to more disputing forms of
protest. They chained themselves to buildings, damaged
London landmarks and works of art, smashed windows
and endorsed violence against officials
Suffragettes weren't afraid of the consequences and
were welcomed being arrested as it gave them a
platform to speak out.

8.

Imprisoned suffragettes
often went on a hunger
strike. Prison governors
were ordered to force
feed them, but then the
'act of cat and mouse'
was released

9.

did suffragettes win?
When the World War I began in
1914 the suffragettes paused
militant action to throw
themselves into supporting the
war effort instead
But eventually in 1918 the vote
was granted to a limited
number of women over the age
of 30.

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