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    1920‚ women had no rights to contribute in the uprisings of our country. After years of extreme dedication and perseverance women finally recieved the right to vote. Iron Jawed Angels was the infamous movie that portrayed Alice Paul‚ the young suffragette and Carrie Chapman Catt‚ the well-known suffragist. This film depicted all the important dilemmas women faced throughout the years before receiving the rights they deserved. It showed the range of women during the late nineteenth and early twentieth

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    It is the turn of the century and more and more women in the United States and Great Britain were beginning to express their desires for the right to voice their opinions and cast their votes for who should govern and be in charge of their government. Switzerland had granted suffrage to women in 1971‚ while France‚ Germany‚ and Italy enfranchised women decades earlier (Abrams and Settle 292)‚ and now it was time for the American and British women to join the suffrage movement as well. Thousands of

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    restaurant tucked in a Greenwich village. The last two meetings were thought provoking‚ button pressing and more serious. They were much more polemic‚ much more groundbreaking‚ much newer. The first of these exciting debates was led by the suffragettes in their campaign for equal rights for women and the right for women to vote. They argued that women were not seen as equals in society like they should be and that this must change. They suggested a parade to show women’s and advocate for reform

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    In 1918 women over 30 got the vote. There were a number of reasons why this happened and people disagree about what the most important reason was. The first reason is the war effort the suffragettes put into the war. On 14th August 1914‚ Britain declared war on Germany. After that the NUWSS (national union of suffrage societies) decided that all political activity would be suspended until the war was over. Some leaders of the women’s social and political union such as Emmeline Pankhurst and her

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    "Describe the steps taken between 1832 and 1918 to extend the suffrage in England. What group and movements contributed to the extension of the vote?" Several groups‚ movements and reform bills passed between 1832 and 1918 extended the suffrage in England. The process took many years and the voting rights were first given to the wealthier and more distinguished men‚ then later to the less wealthy men‚ and finally to women. The major reform bills that extended the suffrage in England were the Reform

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    Alice Pankhurst Biography

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    girl. The girl was Christabel Pankhurst. She had been taught her actions by her mother‚ Emmeline Pankhurst. Emmeline was England’s most effective suffragette. They were a team in England‚ doing anything they could to get equal rights. Christabel and her mom were the co-founders of WSPU( Women’s Social and Political Union) They were leading this suffragette party and making a big bang in England. Alice learned about the kinds of things that they would do to get people to listen to

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    politics and play a part in the democracy. That was how some women in the early twentieth century felt: cheated‚ vexed‚ and marginalized. From these women came the First Wave Feminists‚ a group of suffragettes who utilized protests‚ pamphlets‚ and petitions to obtain the rights they deserved. One suffragette‚ Alice Paul‚ was often at the head of these movements. Paul paraded‚ picketed‚ and protested to secure equal rights for American women. The future activist

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    the twentieth century? Source 13 is part of a speech made by Emmeline Pankhurst‚ who founded the WSPU‚ in 1908. It was delivered during her trial at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London; she had been arrested for obstruction caused during a suffragette demonstration. She was arrested on a number of occasions for using militancy. Her speech clearly shows that she felt there had been absolutely no progress made despite having ‘tried every way’‚ which is as if there was going to be no way they would

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    When looking at the history of Britain we can see that even with the male dominance throughout its history‚ the achievements of various women cannot go overlooked. Starting as far back as Queen Boudicca‚ the victory of the ancient Iceni tribe queen over a Roman invasion set the stage for future female leaders. Next the notable Queen Elizabeth I proudly ruled and refused to abdicate from a throne that was rightfully hers. From there Nell Gwyn’s performance on stage for England lifted national morale

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    25)‚ this means that although there were several anti-suffrage leagues‚ there was still obstacles within the writings that the suffragettes had to face. To understand feminist literature criticism you must expose the strategies in which it works‚ firstly the authors use select foundations of Marxism‚ structuralist or post-structuralist themes‚ these structure the play or novel “[.

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