Suffragette’s storie

By Isaakcroisier

  • Emmeline Pankhurst arrested for protesting at parliament

  • Other women arrested on similar charges as Emmeline Pankhurst

  • A committee was formed by a group of MPs who wanted to give women the vote

  • Emmeline led a protest at parliament

  • Emmeline’s sister dies in a protest

  • The WSPU intensified the struggle and Emmeline was sent to jail for 2 months

  • The governement dropped it’s manhood suffrage Emmeline déclared war

  • The Cat and Mouse Act 1913 meant Emmeline was in and ouf of jail

  • Emmeline was again arrested for trying to give a petition to the king

  • The representation of the people act included female suffrage for the first time

  • Women were granted suffrage on equal terms to men ( creation of a statue marks Emmeline life’s work