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Suffragism
Suffragism was an international movement to claim the right of women to exercise the vote. Originating in the United States at the end of the 1840s, and with a strong foothold in the United Kingdom, from 1865 the movement spread to a large part of European countries. -
First country
New Zealand gave the right to vote to women in 1893. -
Second to give the right to vote
Australia granted full suffrage in 1894, giving women the right to vote and to stand for parliament. -
NUWSS
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, created in Britain in 1897, demanded in addition to the right to vote, the right of women to receive the same salary as a man for the same work, the right of women to be the legal guardians of their children, together with parents, and the incorporation of women into the judicial career. -
Spanish suffragist
At the beginning of the 20th century, the only women's organizations in Spain were those formed by upper-class Catholic women who were mainly dedicated to charity. -
Emmeline Pankhurst
In 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) together with her two daughters, Christabel and Sylvia, as well as other British women who were quickly called suffragettes, and from then on a more violent confrontation began, to try to achieve more equality between men and women. -
”Deeds not words-Votes for women” the suffragettes shouted
Christabel and Annie Kenney are arrested for having shouted slogans in favor of women's suffrage at a Liberal Party political meeting, choosing jail instead of paying a fine. This was the beginning of a series of arrests and imprisonments. Many were upper class. The lower class were left without work to support their children. Those who were imprisoned were forced to eat with funnels so that they would not starve and that could help their cause. -
Emily Davison
Suffragettes in England suffered what they considered to be their first martyrdom, when in 1913 Emily Davison was killed while trying to stop King George V's horse, which was then participating in a derby. They also blew up the country house of the Minister of Economy and Finance. -
The 1st World War
the First World War finally gave women the vote. At the end, Russia, Canada, Austria, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia gave women the vote. In 1918, the Parliament of the UK passed a law (Representation of the People Act 1918) granting the right to vote to women over 30 years of age, as long as they owned land, or tenants who had an annual rent of more than £5, or graduates from British universities. -
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Right to vote
The suffrage movement provided activists of all stripes with the organizational expertise to fuel other causes. After 1920 unification ceased to exist. They had different views on the vote.
The best tribute to the generations of women who had fought for the vote was to end the fight and help rebuild the country. They focused on voter education, pro-women legislation and strengthening democracy.
In 1928 the British Parliament approved that women vote with the same conditions as men.