women’s textile workers from Northern England present a 37‚000 signatory petition to Parliament demanding votes for women. 1903 The Women’s Social and Political Union is founded in Manchester by Emmeline Pankhurst‚ her daughters Christabel and Sylvia‚ and Annie Kearney. 1905 Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kearney serve a prison sentence rather than pay a fine after being found guilty of disrupting an election rally. Their prison sentence brought the campaign for votes for women a great deal
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Suffragettes like Emmeline Pankhurst‚ Millicent Fawcett and Emily Davison fought for the rights that exist for women in the UK today. Primarily our right to vote. Our right to democracy. But this right is slowly been salami sliced away by the EU‚ they’re slicing away at everything these great women fought for. We cannot control our own laws‚ our own boarders and are subservient to an unelectable‚ unaccountable‚ male dominated European Commission. The Remain campaign is getting desperate‚ they keep
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British Depth Study 1890-1918 Liberal Reforms What were the living and social conditions like in the 1890s? Living conditions: * Towns became overcrowded. * People lived in slums‚ often whole families lived in one room. * No internal water supplies. * Shared outside toilets. * Limited electricity‚ wealthy families were starting to get it. * Larger families but higher infant mortality. * Very limited birth control‚ moral distaste. * Church taught contraception
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Do you agree with the view that the First World War hindered‚ rather than helped‚ the cause of female suffrage? In the sources presented there are conflicting views as to whether the First World War helped or hindered the cause of female suffrage. There were many people who argued that because women had worked so relentlessly during the war‚ it would be impossible to deny them the vote‚ especially due to the fact that working class men got the vote that were on the frontlines. Source 5‚ a letter
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suffragists. By the early 20th century‚ women began to participate more in society‚ although power and prestige was still controlled by men. However in 1903 a radical organisation was formed called the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU). Emmeline Pankhurst led it and its members were named suffragettes. Throughout the protesting some suffragettes broke the law and were imprisoned. Men were reluctant to give women the right to vote‚ because they feared the loss of control over women. Most men believed
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this may be true‚ it does not guarentee that they were going to get results. With the suffragettes "peaceful campaign" going nowhere - by 1900 womens suffrage was refused 15 times! People were beggining to lose faith in the idea‚ so‚ in 1903 Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters formed a group called the Women’s social and political union. Nicknaming themselves the "suffragettes" unlike the suffragists they also campaigned for for better
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National Union of Women’s Suffrage and believed in peaceful protest for her campaign. She felt that violence‚ hatred or trouble towards the issue would persuade men into believing women could not be trusted with such power as voting. In 1903‚ Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters founded the Women’s Social and Political Union and the women in this movement were prepared to use violence to get the justice they deserved. The film Suffragette‚ directed by Sarah Gavron shows an insight on the movement from
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Blon 1 What is it Good For? As famous English author by the name of H.G. Wells once nicknamed this war the "war to end all wars". The saddening and intense outcome of this war‚ which left such a negative toll on all the countries involved‚ led many people to believe that these countries would never fight again. That war was World War I. One of the greatest novels to ever portray the events and the distressful outcomes of World War I‚ is the novel To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion
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matter was still kept as a traditional belief in Britain. The Suffragettes engaged in a series of more forceful actions. Members chained themselves to railings‚ set fire to buildings and disrupted debates at the House of Commons. The leader‚ Emmeline Pankhurst chained herself to a railing in protest against the sexist justice system. The police were shocked and were forced to take her to prison. Like many other members of her union‚ she went on hunger strike and refuse to eat or drink anything at
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IOC Annotations Kray Sisters Basic context: The only poem in the collection that is not a dramatic monologue‚ it is also one of the 3 poems based on real characters from the 20th century. The real Kray twins were brother Ronney and Reggie‚ famous around the East of London around the 50s and 60s. They ran protection rackets and had money in various clubs. Eventually they were imprisoned for the murder of jack the hat in 69 after evading police for years‚ they were recommended to serve at least 30
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