A turning point came in 1905. Jimmy Sime Suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst was arrested numerous times. Pankhurst's daughter, Christabel, and fellow suffragette Annie Kenney, were charged with ...

It did not help that the main leaders of unionism and nationalism at the time, Edward Carson and John Redmond, were both opposed to women’s suffrage. Another organisation, The Irish Women’s ...

As we celebrate 100 years of women’s suffrage we take a look at the lesser known women of the suffragette movement. While the Pankhursts and Emily Wilding Davison became household names ...

Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the suffragettes, described the mantra of her movement as “deeds not words”. But as times have changed, our hyper-communicative world relies on words and pictures ...

The dismissal of this amendment led to the establishment of formal suffrage societies across England and Ireland. Yet, despite over four decades of campaigning, female suffrage had still not been ...

The rebelliousness of the suffragettes was a source of inspiration to Britain’s brash punk and post-punk movements, according to a new piece of work from The University of Manchester. Suffragette ...

In March 1913, burning rags were found in the toilets of the British Museum. Two weeks later suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst was sentenced to three years for inciting violence. This led to a ...

How the Suffragettes woke us up The women against ... It's not confronting but it's very prominent." The Scottish Tory leader said she supported calls for posthumous pardons for the convicted ...

Striling, 1 November 1913 - The Prime Minister was today attacked by a number of suffragettes while travelling to unveil the Campbell-Bannerman monument in Stirling. Upon passing through the ...

The new production will transplant the action to Edwardian London, where young Clara will catch sight of a group of Suffragettes who serve as her inspiration. In the original, the mouse leader ...