Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst in a Polling Booth during the General Election of December 1918.
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2018 marks the 100th anniversary of women winning the vote in the UK with many celebrations in London. Here's a practical guide showing you how to find engaging ways to teach your children about London Suffragettes, Women's Rights, the Suffragette Movement and the importance of this 2018's centenary celebrations.
In 1897, still in the Victorian era, the philosopher J. S. Mill campaigned for women to receive the vote. When he failed, Millicent Fawcett began her lifetime’s work. Founding the National Union of Women’s Suffrage, she advocated peaceful and persuasive debate, during which she maintained that if a woman could hold a position of social responsibility and pay taxes on any monies earned, then surely she should be trusted to vote in an election. The following year, Richard Pankhurst MP failed in his own bid for electoral reform, after which his wife and daughter, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, decided to take up the fight. Emmeline Pankhurst When Christabel and Annie Kenney broke into a political meeting they were charged with obstruction and assault. Afterwards, rather than paying a fine, they chose to go to prison, hoping the ensuing publicity would serve to aid their protest. At this time Emmeline was to write: “This was the beginning of a campaign the like of which was never known in England, or for that matter in any other country...we interrupted a great many meetings...and were violently thrown out and insulted. Often we were painfully bruised and hurt.” Emmeline Pankhurst being arrested It was only the start. Where lawful petitions failed, those strongly in favour of reform felt they were left with little choice but to resort to civil disobedience. So, when opposed by the Church of England, the Suffragettes burned several churches. They fire bombed the homes of MPs. They rioted in Oxford Street, chained themselves to the railings of Buckingham Palace, and hired a boat to sail up the Thames, shouting abuse through loud hailers when they passed by the Houses of Parliament. The outcome of such behaviour resulted in more incarcerations. Some women went on hunger strike causing a national outrage when they were forcibly fed; treated as if they were lunatics. The government of Asquith responded, not by backing down, but by passing the Cat and Mouse Act which allowed a woman on hunger strike to practically starve herself to death before being released from prison. By then, she might either die at home or remain in such a weakened state that, until her health had been restored, she was unlikely to cause any trouble. At this stage different tactics were employed. In the June of 1913, Emily Wilding Davison went to the Derby races and threw herself in front of the king’s horse. Emily was to die, becoming the first Suffragette martyr. But, even then, the government argued that if so-called educated women could behave in such an unstable way, then how could they be ever be trusted to make a rational vote. The government’s mind was only changed following the end of the First World War. During that terrible time, along with many other women, the Suffragettes withheld their political protest and contributed selflessly to work in what had previously been exclusively male occupations. At enormous cost, their point was finally driven home and, in 1918, the historic Representation of the People’s Act was passed. Women working in an armaments factory The VV urges everyone to recall the enormous sacrifice made by those women who fought hard and long, and sometimes even went on to die, because of their fervently held belief that a woman should have equal rights to a man and be able to cast her own personal vote. Thanks to History Today Magazine for commenting below and for supplying links to futher information regarding Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst - this article from the magazine's archives throws a great deal more light on the subject.
It's Women's History Month and the National Women's History Museum Needs a Home It's hard to believe that in 1916, these suffragettes marched in the streets of New York City to lobby for the right of women to vote. The 19th Amendment was finally ratified in 1920. The National Women's History Museum, which shared this colorized photo, is now asking us to lobby Congress on May 8th to pass legislation to provide this privately-funded museum a home on the National Mall by 2020, the 100th Year Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote. There is one last space available on
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Suffragettes vs. police: The women prepared to go to prison for the vote
One hundred years ago today, on Jan. 12, 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to reject a constitutional amendment that would have given women the right to vote. The final vote — 204 against and 174 for — came at the end of a 10-hour debate. It was not until five years later, in 1919, that the 19th Amendment passed, giving the vote to all American women. (Women had only previously been permitted to vote in certain states.) Here's a collection of dramatic photos from the women's suffrage movements in the U.S. and UK, circa 1910-1920. (via Mashable/ Retronaut) 1913. English suffragette Annie Kenney (1879 - 1953) is arrested during a demonstration. IMAGE: HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES 1914. Flora Drummond, British suffragette, being arrested in Hyde Park, London. IMAGE: UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UIG VIA GETTY IMAGES c. 1912. Police arrest a militant suffragette during the campaign for women's rights, in London. IMAGE: BOB THOMAS/POPPERFOTO/GETTY IMAGES March 20, 1907. A "Lancashire lassie" being escorted through the palace yard, in Westminster Palace, London. IMAGE: MUSEUM OF LONDON/HERITAGE IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES 1913. A suffragette who was attacked is escorted from the crowd, at a meeting given by Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd-George at Criccieth. IMAGE: P. A. REUTER/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES May 21, 1914. A suffragette recovers after fainting in police custody, following a raid on Buckingham Palace. IMAGE: TOPICAL PRESS AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES c. 1910. A suffragette under arrest, in Dundee, Scotland. IMAGE: POPPERFOTO/GETTY IMAGES 1913. A suffragette in the hands of the police, location unknown. IMAGE: UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UIG VIA GETTY IMAGES May 21, 1914. Arrested suffragettes are escorted over the bridge in St. James Park, London, after their attack on Buckingham Palace. IMAGE: TOPICAL PRESS AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES July 5, 1910. A woman campaigning for the vote is restrained by policemen. British women did not win full voting rights until 1928. IMAGE: SSPL/GETTY IMAGES 1914. Police arrest suffragettes who are chaining themselves to the railings outside Buckingham Palace, London. IMAGE: CENTRAL PRESS/GETTY IMAGES May 21, 1914. English suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 - 1928), founder, with her daughter Christabel (1880 - 1958), of the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903, is removed from a Suffragette protest by a policeman. She was frequently imprisoned and underwent hunger strikes and forcible feeding. IMAGE: TOPICAL PRESS AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES Nov. 18, 1910. A suffragette struggles with a policeman on 'Black Friday,' in Westminster, London. The Conciliation Bill (which would have given the vote to women who occupied premises for which they were responsible) was shelved by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. On learning of this, the Women's Social and Political Union marched on the House of Commons. A riot followed and the women were assaulted — some severely beaten — by police and others. The newspaper "Votes for Women" reported that 115 women and four men were arrested. The WSPU quickly learned the lessons of that day, and a policy decision was made to pursue their campaign using different tactics. Large deputations were considered to be too dangerous. From this moment, the suffragettes went underground and waged "guerrilla warfare" (their phrase) against the Liberal government. IMAGE: MUSEUM OF LONDON/HERITAGE IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES 1914. A police officer tries to remove a suffragette from the railings outside Buckingham Palace, during a suffragette demonstration in London. IMAGE: CENTRAL PRESS/GETTY IMAGES May 21, 1914. A suffragette is arrested on a London street by two policemen. IMAGE: KEYSTONE FRANCE / GETTY May 21, 1914. Emmeline Pankhurst arrested by Superintendent Rolfe outside Buckingham Palace, London, in May 1914. Pankhurst was trying to present a petition to the king. 'The Suffragette' newspaper reported that as she was driven away to Holloway Gaol, she called out, "Arrested at the gates of the palace. Tell the king!" Pankhurst was jailed several times during the fight to get women the vote. Rolfe died two weeks later of heart failure. IMAGE: MUSEUM OF LONDON/HERITAGE IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES c. 1914. A suffragette is arrested. IMAGE: CENTRAL PRESS/GETTY IMAGES c. 1912. A suffragette arrested by police, location unknown. IMAGE: UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UIG VIA GETTY IMAGES Nov. 19, 1910. A tall policeman leads a short suffragette away by her arm. Many suffragettes were imprisoned and force-fed during their struggle to win the vote. IMAGE: MUSEUM OF LONDON/HERITAGE IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES c. 1911. British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 - 1928), being jeered by a crowd in New York. IMAGE: TOPICAL PRESS AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES 1917. Members of an anti-suffrage mob tear a suffragette banner to bits during protests outside the White House. IMAGE: TOPICAL PRESS AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES c. 1911. Capt. Schmittberger escorts suffragettes from City Hall, in New York. IMAGE: BAIN COLLECTION / LIBRARY OF CONGRESS> c. 1918. American suffragettes Elizabeth Smart, Elizabeth Glass, Mrs. A. Dugan and Catherine McKeon, of the Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Association, pose with rifles and a flag. IMAGE: FPG/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 7 February 1918: Women for the first time receive the Parliamentary vote and enter into the full rights of citizenship
Next year marks 100 years since the passing of law which gave some women the vote for the first time.
