Women around the country set up Women's Suffrage Groups to campaign for the right to vote. In 1897, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies was formed to bring these groups together.
Women around the country set up Women's Suffrage Groups to campaign for the right to vote. In 1897, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies was formed to bring these groups together.
The right for women to vote is one of the most significant milestones in the history of gender equality. It was not achieved overnight but through decades of steadfast advocacy, protests ...
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture shared "Five African American Suffragists You Should Know" to tell a more complete history of the struggle for women’s ...
"Women's vote won" declared the Manchester Guardian following 6 February 1918. The passing of the Representation of the People Act had extended voting rights to women over the age of 30 who owned ...
In the early 1900s, Canadian women faced an old political guard as they struggled for the right to vote. Nellie McClung led the fight for the women's vote in Canada in the early 1900s.
A century ago, after years of campaigning, women over the age of 30 who owned property were given the right to vote in the UK. But for many thousands of women, it was not a moment of celebration.
Millicent Garrett Fawcett was a suffragist and women's rights campaigner who made it her lifetime's work to secure for women the right to vote. Material relating to Emmeline Pankhurst and her ...