Yet, the suffragists began campaigning years before them with a very different vision for how to secure the vote for women - so who did win it? By the late 19th century parliamentary reforms had ...

They were just some of the first generation of suffragists: Elizabeth C. Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone, Sojourner Truth, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Sarah Remond, Susan B. Anthony.

On the one hand, the suffragists wanted to act within the law and follow the route of political persuasion to win support for their cause. It was felt that any actions that broke the law would ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Caitlin Cass talked about some of the historic ideologies suffragists faced during their lives and the notions of radical imagination ...

They were commonly known as the Suffragists, led by Millicent Fawcett. They campaigned by arguing their case with MPs, presenting petitions and organising meetings. But many male MPs still held ...

From 1848 through the Civil War, those who argued for wider roles for women generally called themselves women’s rights advocates rather than suffragists. The right to vote was included among ...

The seat of Orange County, Calif., could soon become America’s latest city to let noncitizens vote for mayor and other local ...

In the early 20th century, the suffragists were non-violent campaigners for women’s right to vote, who used persuasion and hard work. They were soon eclipsed in the public mind by the ...