Women’s Suffrage (the Right to Vote Politically): The Beginning of Women Campaigning for Suffrage, the Term Used to Described Those Who Campaigned for Suffrage During the Early 20th Century, the Person Who Created the English Militant Political Organization the Women’s Social and Political Union, the Number of Women’s Suffrage Legislative Propositions Ignored or Denied by the English Government by 1905, the Reason Women Did Not Have Equality and/or Equity Within the English Parliament, Members of the English Parliament Filibustering (Delaying/Denying a Vote Due to Speaking Incessantly) to Deny Women’s Suffrage, the Reason the Suffragettes Were Removed From the House of Commons During the Parliamentary Debates Regarding Suffrage Which Occurred During the Early 20th Century, the Arrest of English Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst and English Suffragette Annie Kenney, the Usage of Civil Disobedience to Usher in Political Change and Reformation, the First Person Imprisoned for Suffrage, English Political Activist Emmeline Pankhurst (Christabel Pankhurst’s Mother) Leveraging Social Notoriety for Suffrage, the Reason the Women’s Social and Political Union Migrated Their Headquarters Back to London, England, Imprisonment Profoundly Altering Pankhurst, the Intermingling of Women From Disparate Socioeconomic Tiers Within Prison During the Early 20th Century, the Banquet Held in Honor of the Suffragettes, the Reason for This Banquet, the English Government’s Propaganda Campaign to Portray Suffragettes in a Negative Context, the Women’s Social and Political Union Developing a Newspaper Publication to Combat This Propaganda, the Reason Suffragettes Began Chaining Themselves to Railings and Gates, Suffragette’s Creating Iconic Imagery for the Cause of Sufferage, Chains Becoming Synonymous With Suffrage During the Early 20th Century, the Women’s Social and Political Union’s Votes for Women: the Great Demonstration in Hyde Park Sunday June 21st 1908 (Women’s Sunday Protest), the Rationale for the Colors Selected for the Votes for Women: the Great Demonstration in Hyde Park Sunday June 21st 1908 Protest, Suffragettes Wearing White, Green, and Purple as Often as Possible, the Number of Patrons Who Attended the Votes for Women: the Great Demonstration in Hyde Park Sunday June 21st 1908 Protest, the Concept of the “Monster March”, English Suffragette Flora Drummond Leveraging the Media to Help Promote Suffrage Within News Media, the Suffragette Symbolism of Arrows, the Votes for Women: the Great Demonstration in Hyde Park Sunday June 21st 1908 Protest Helping the Suffragettes Win the English Public’s Support, the Suffragettes Publishing Leaflets Outlining Their Plans for the English Government, the Reason the Most Prominent Leaders of the Women’s Suffrage Movement Were Arrested in 1908, the Women’s Social and Political Union Rally Held at Trafalgar Square in 1908, Suffragette Leaders Provided a Summons to Appear in Court, the Arrest of Pankhurst and the Media Opportunity This Created, the Women’s Social and Political Union Leveraging Media to Gain the English Public’s Support, Women’s Suffrage Campaigning Continuing Despite Leaders of the Movement Becoming Imprisoned, Suffrage Legislation Defeated Once Again in 1909, the Women’s Social and Political Union Attacking and Harassing Cabinet Ministers to Produce Political Change and Reformation, the Person Who Assaulted English Prime Minster Herbert Henry Asquith in 1909, Asquith Continuing to be Attacked in Public During the 1910’s, the English Government Developing the Special Branch of Scotland Yard for Law Enforcement, Cabinet Members Protected Due to This New Task Force, Women’s Suffrage Languishing for Half a Century Without Change or Reformation, the Women’s Social and Political Union Leveraging Hunger and Thirst Protests for the First Time in History, the Number of Suffragettes Released From Prison Due to This Strategy, the Strategy of Hunger and Thirst Protests Becoming Widely Adopted for Activism, How Prisons Combatted Hunger and Thirst Protests During the Early 20th Century, the Physical Effects of Being Force Fed, the Number of Times Suffragettes Were Forcibly Fed Daily, the English Government Producing Propaganda Post Cards to Combat Women’s Suffrage and the Women’s Social and Political Union Emulating This Same Model, Force Feeding Being a Controversial Issue for Physicians and Nurses During the Early 20th Century, the Number of Physicians Who Urged Asquith to Prohibit Force Feeding Within Prison, Physicians Becoming Divided in Their Support of Force Feeding Suffragettes, How the Women’s Social and Political Union Rewarded Suffragettes Who Had Been Force Fed During Imprisonment, Suffragette Medals Predicated Upon English Military Medals, and the Incentivization This Idea Provided to Current and Future Suffragettes

Starting in the 1860’s, women started campaigning for the right to vote in an effort to participate within the government and its political policies. These early campaigners referred to themselves as “suffragists”. In 1903, in Manchester, England, Emmeline Pankhurst and those who backed her met to discuss more proactive ideas in an effort to win women the right to vote, a group Pankhurst referred to as the “Women's Social and Political Union“. By the time the debate for female suffrage began to ...


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