Suffragettes

By MarinaIvascu

  • 1866 - Petition

    A group of women took a petition to Parliament to ask for the vote.

  • 1867

    The right to vote was extended to workers

  • 1897

    The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies was founded.

  • 1903

    Emmeline Pankhurst formed the Women's Social an Political Union (WSPU).

  • 1908

    Women's anti-suffrage league was founded.

  • 1910-1912

    Conciliation Bills were passed with large majorities.

  • 1913

    -The suffragettes' reaction to the goverment opposition to women's suffrage was an increase of violence. They declared war on the goverment and militancy reached its climax. -Emily Davison threw herself under the king's horse and was killed.

  • 1914

    East London Federation of Suffragettes was founded.

  • 1918

    Vote for women over 30.