Repeatedly imprisoned for the cause, Sylvia Pankhurst was one of the leading figures in the struggle for women’s suffrage in Britain. What many don’t know is that Pankhurst also played an ...

Years of peaceful protest had convinced an increasing number of MPs to support female suffrage. Other countries including Australia had extended voting rights to women, making Britain look behind ...

Suffrage means the right to vote in political ... The Conservative Party, one of two main parties in Britain, argued for a traditional male dominated or ‘patriarchal’ society, strong power ...

The incredible work of the suffragettes – ordinary women who stopped at nothing to get their voices heard – paved the way for a century of women’s rights work in the UK. The suffragette spirit is ...

The rebelliousness of the suffragettes was a source of inspiration to Britain’s brash punk and post-punk movements, according to a new piece of work from The University of Manchester. Suffragette ...

Ahead of their appeal, the M25 protesters gain the support of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst's great-granddaughter. A new statue honouring Welsh suffragette Lady Rhondda has been unveiled in her ...

Suffragettes were a new wave of political activists who believed ... campaigns for equality have not gone to such extreme lengths in the UK since - and the dodo remains safe behind glass. Whether ...

Militant suffragettes turn to violence LONDON, May 10, 1913 (UP) - England realized today that militant suffragettes were in deadly earnest when they issues a warning a few weeks ago that the real ...

But a century after the triumph of the suffragettes in Britain, we have to recognise that the quest for women’s equality here and around the world is facing substantial setbacks. Not just in ...

Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Suffragette-defaced Edward VII penny (defaced in early twentieth century), from Great Britain In this History of the World in 100 Objects ...