As argued by Martin Pugh pre-war campaigns played a significant role in gaining women the vote in 1918. Therefore it is important to consider the (NUWSS) suffragist campaign formed in 1897 by various women’s suffrage societies under the leadership of Millicent Fawcett. These members believed that they could achieve success peacefully within the law and they believed that securing the vote was the main objective to securing reforms benefiting women’s interests overall. The suffragists had gained
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Jordan Smith How far do the sources suggest that Millicent Garrett Fawcett was ‘quite unfit to be a leader’? Sources 10 and 11 strongly suggest that Millicent Fawcett was ‘quite unfit to be a leader’. However Source 12 completely disagrees with the statement as it praises Millicent Fawcett for leading the women’s suffrage movement to ‘victory’; however this source is slightly influenced as Ray Strachey was a leading member of the NUWSS. All three sources‚ 10‚ 11 and 12‚ are written by people
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How The Vote Was Won written by Cicely Hamilton (formerly Hammill) and Christopher St John (born Christabel Marshall). It is an inspiring piece of suffrage theatre‚ written in 1909 by two women who were both a part of the first wave feminist movement. Hamilton‚ co-founded the WWSL (Women Writers’ Suffrage League) in 1908‚ she was also an actress and dramatist “Her first big success was Diana of Dobsons (1908)” (Paxton‚ 2013‚ p.25)‚ along side her playwriting she also wrote lyrics for the ’March of
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Purvis also describes a meeting in Chicago during which Pankhurst addressed over 2000 African-American men and women. According to her‚ Pankhurst’s speech aroused “volatile emotions” amongst the Black women particularly when she described the “good they could accomplish for their race by working for the reforms their White sisters advocated.” Emmeline’s world-view was that of a common sisterhood between all women; furthermore‚ she assumed she could speak on behalf of all women‚ Black and White‚ rich
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law-makers.” -Emmeline Pankhurst. Emmeline Pankhurst spent her life protesting‚ lecturing‚ and fighting for the rights of her‚ her daughters‚ and all of the women in the world. She has become an inspiration for all women to speak out for what they believe in for over a century. Emmeline Pankhurst was a reformer because she was a leading women’s rights activist‚ founded several women’s rights groups‚ and influenced international change in a peaceful way. To begin‚ Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the
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The unparalleled power of ‘first’ histories is revealed through George Dangerfield’s 1935 novel‚ The Strange Death of Liberal England‚ in creating a paradigm for which “subsequent historians have seldom been able to free themselves”. Attesting the Suffragette Movement as a major cause for the downfall of the Liberal Party in 1924‚ Dangerfield presents a distorted view of the past through the shrewd lens of comedy. Coupled with his persuasive writing‚ Dangerfield fabricates a fictitious narrative
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Emmeline Pankhurst contributed significantly to the national history of the United Kingdom as she led the movement to win the right for women to vote in the United Kingdom. Although her contribution and fight for equal voting rights in the UK‚ also had an influence on other countries as they inspired by Pankhurst’s actions strived to achieve the same outcome. While Pankhurst accomplished something great for women in her time‚ her actions also positively impacted the women after her death‚ and the
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Pankhurst and Stone Throughout history women have been degraded and belittled. They were looked down upon with such discern and were expected to obey their male superiors and the norms of a male dominant society. However‚ many women across history have fought to become equal in society. From Elizabeth Blackwell who was admitted into medical school in 1847 as a joke and continued to receive ridicule‚ opened up her own hospital after nobody would hire her to the modern day female education
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"sympathetic" towards women’s cause. George had become Minister of munitions by 1915‚ and realising the drastic reduction in the country’s work force by 1915‚ collaborated with Emmeline Pankhurst and the WSPU to support the war effort. On July 17‚ 1915‚ they staged a mass rally known as "The Great Procession of Women" or "The
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Animals as ambassadors: An essay in Afro-Asian history By: Richard Pankhurst If you by any chance have ever been to Djibouti seen and the huge numbers of Ethiopian cattle and other animals herded on to ships for export‚ do not be surprised. Over the centuries and further back in time this land of bountiful and richly diverse flora and fauna by way of trade and diplomacy‚ has amazed far off lands with fabulous creatures from exotic Abysiniya. A few species did mange to enter Ethiopia – including
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