Suffragette movement

An enterprising housewife taught herself to use a camera and won the admiration of Queen Mary. Lucy Davies unearths the forgotten work of Christina Broom

An array of trailblazing women, from suffragettes to style icons

How many suffragettes were there? There were thousands of suffragettes spread across the world. In Pennsylvania alone there were around five thousand, while in other parts of the world there were well over that. The amount of supporters of the Women's Suffrage movement was large.

The women's suffrage movement stood for equality and progression but not everyone was so keen...

The fascinating photographs depict the inspired tactics used by the British and American suffrage movement during this time, such as hunger strikes and demonstrations.

I can't remember how it happened, but last spring in a discussion on Facebook, a decision was made to host a Suffragette Tea. I know I was beginning to research the Hello Girls for the Centennial of the WWI armistice and somehow, this being an election year, it just seemed the thing to do! 1918 was a big year in the Women's Suffrage movement. In 1918, President Wilson switched his stand on women’s voting rights from objection to support . Wilson partially tied the proposed suffrage amendment…

The author of a new book about fashion and portraiture argues that the suffragists’ married radical ideas with wilfully conventional dress

1910 - Barnsley womans suffragettes.

Is there a 'hidden history' of black and ethnic minority women in the British women's suffrage campaign?

force feeding suffragist in prison

She led the struggle for equal votes for women and was repeatedly imprisoned for using violent tactics - but how much do you know about Emmeline Pankhurst?

To coincide with the nationwide release of the film Suffragette, the official watchlist containing details of over 1,300 suffragette arrests has been published online by Ancestry, in association with The National Archives. Digitised from the original record held at The National Archives in Kew, the online collection – England, Suffragettes Arrested, 1906-1914 – lists the names […]

One hundred years ago today, on Jan. 12, 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to reject a constitutional amendment that would have given women the right to vote. The final vote — 204 against and 174 for — came at the end of a 10-hour debate. It was not until five years later, in 1919, that the 19th Amendment passed, giving the vote to all American women. (Women had only previously been permitted to vote in certain states.) Here's a collection of dramatic photos from the women's…

Today is the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act, when some – but not all – British women were given the vote for the first time.

Great Britain, women's movement, suffragettes, announcement of a demonstration at Essex Hall, London

Suffragettes selling 'The Suffragette' newspaper. July 1914

Photo about Reenactor in the costume of a Suffragette activist at the Celebration of the Centuries event held at Fort George, Scotland, 9 August 2014. Image of movement, issues, female - 43607704