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INCREASING INEQUALITY
The novelist Emilia Pardo Bazán criticized the political advances of liberal men because they had actually increased inequality between men and women. -
EMMELINE PANKHURST
She was a British feminist, who was the most important of her time. She was the leader of the suffragette movement, she was criticized for the aggressive methods she used. She was arrested as soon as she fought with the police and went on several hunger strikes. In the First World War she won the right to vote for women in Great Britain. -
THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
It was a period of prosperity and optimism, but also a period of great tension in international relations due to territorial expansionism. Relations between countries were determined by Germany between 1870 and 1890. -
FIRST SYSTEM
Was known as the League of the Three Emperors, an alliance between the Austro-Hungarian, German and Russian empires in the year 1872. -
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SECOND SYSTEM
Second system in the years 1879-1882. Bismarck reached a bilateral agreement with Austria. Italy joined the agreement, forming the Triple Alliance. Bismarck also reactivated the League of the Three Emperors. -
THIRD SYSTEM
Third system in the year 1887. The German chancellor strengthened the Triple Alliance and signed the Treaty of Reinsurance with the Russian tsar. -
SUFFRAGISM
At the end of the 19th century, there was still great inequality between men and women. Women also earned less than half the wages of men. They were not allowed to go to university and had to obey their husbands, fathers or brothers, all of whom were men. -
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ARMED PEACE
Bismarck resigned in 1890. It meant the end of British neutrality in Europe. Britain was concerned that the German navy had become a fleet, which could threaten the supremacy of the Royal Navy. -
SUFFRAGIM IN SPAIN
It was not until the 20th century that the struggle for women's suffrage began. Due to the scarce industrial and cultural development of Spain. The initial demands were related to motherhood and family care. -
WOMEN AND THE STRUGGLE FOR VOTING
Until the end of World War I, the suffragettes achieved very little, and four of the Nordic states recognized women's right to vote. Jobs that were only done by men had to be done by women, and seeing a high number of women joining the ranks, women were able to prove their worth.