In the early 1900s, a group called the Suffragettes campaigned to change this in the UK. Below are true stories of t ...

Rosemary Milton, 70, says Waspi women will fight for justice as they owe it to the legacy of suffragettes like the Pankhursts ...

the UK and beyond. It contains chapters on force feeding, modern-day Manchester and the relationship between the tactics used by the suffragettes and those of the feminist punk and post-punk movements ...

Suffrage means the right to vote in political ... wealth and social status While anybody over the age of 18 in the UK can vote in national and local elections, historically this had not always ...

The Suffragette Movement, which started in October 1903 and carried on until 1914. This movement was a very radical affair ...

On 3 March 1912, police issued a warning to national museums including the British Museum (Natural History), as the Natural History Museum was then known, that the risk of violent protest by ...

A female professor has hit out at the 'girl bossification' of history, claiming feminist academics have tried to hide the 'nastier side' of the women's suffrage movement. Sarah Richardson ...

Fawcett was a shrewd and tireless campaigner and leader, who resolutely broke down the barriers to women’s suffrage. But this fight for the right to vote was not the work of one woman. Gottlieb worked ...

She was one of 13 women, including Emmeline Pankhurst, who were arrested for presenting a petition to the House of Commons.

Every IWD, we rightly celebrate women who have had a huge impact on society. There are also many lesser-known individuals who have still managed to quietly do amazing things through sheer ...