My name is Emmeline Pankhurst and I am known as the first suffragette. My greatest cause was to achieve the vote for women, and if I do say so, I have been rather successful in my plight. Living in Britain, The Reform Acts of 1832, 1867 and 1884 extended the right to vote to all British men. But us women were excluded. With my lead, my women and my supporters united to fight for full and equal voting rights. Throughout the years my major accomplishments include the Women's Franchise League, (which won the right for married women to vote in elections for local offices, but not the right for them to vote for the House of Commons), the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Manchester, as well as successions of municipal offices in Manchester. For years I organized marches, rallies and campaigns against the Liberal government's candidates at elections. My followers have interrupted meetings of Cabinet ministers. One day, my women were disparaged as "suffragettes" by the 'Daily Mail' newspaper. After that day, our movement proudly adopts the description, and it has stuck ever since.
In our plight my beautiful daughter Christabel along with her friend Annie Kenney, were jailed. After being thrown out of a Liberal Party election rally for demanding a statement about votes for women, the two were arrested in the street for a technical assault on the police, but refused to pay their fines. A spunky girl she is. Another incident I recall is that of the first time that our organization , The WSPU became militant, with Christabel directing arson attacks, window smashing, picture slashing and hunger strikes from Paris, where she has fled to avoid arrest for conspiracy.She learns for the best. In all I have been arrested, released and rearrested 12 times, serving a total of about 30 days jail. Oh, but that government won't get me. Under the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health) Act of 1913 (the 'Cat and Mouse Act') hunger-striking prisoners could be freed for a time and then reimprisoned when strong enough to serve the rest of their sentences.
Emmeline Pankhurst was the voice for women fighting for women's suffrage in the 1900's. ... At the age 54 in 1912, Emmeline Pankhurst went to jail 12 times in the same year. ... Pankhurst to seek out a reason and to change the views of society . ... Pankhurst died, women's voting age was lowered to 21 in Britain. In conclusion, Emmeline Pankhurst was significant because she was the voice for women in Britain. ...
Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist. ... Richard Pankhurst was a big supporter of his wife and she admired that very much of him. ... Pankhurst, her daughters, and other members received repeated prison sentences. ... Pankhurst and other members were rather violent most of the time. ... Pankhurst's civil war ended, as most wars do, in negotiation. ...
Beginning in 1905 the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), led by Emmeline Pankhurst, participated in mass political demonstrations and rallies, produced propaganda, engaged in hunger strikes while imprisoned, etc. Emmeline Pankhurst and her two daughters, Christabel and Sylvia, founded the WSPU in 1903. ... Pankhurst and others were arrested and jailed on a regular basis. ... Emmeline Pankhurst died earlier that year in 1928, but Fawcett was still alive and attended the parliamentary procedures establishing universal suffrage in England. ... Women would not be where we are toda...
The WSPU was led by Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel. Emmeline Pankhurst was married to a lawyer and a committed socialist, Richard Pankhurst. ... The third time Emmeline Pankhurst was imprisoned she was transferred to the first division. ... Emmeline Pankhurst was later released because of her poor health condition and after a while all other suffragettes were released. ... In the end Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst non stop struggle and the women's contribution to the war effort were ver...
In my opinion I don't think source A is very useful as evidence about attitudes of suffragettes. Source A is a photograph of a suffragette demonstration. The photo shows quite a few women standing around and amongst the women is Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst who is leading the demonstration. In the centre ...
