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an hour agoA century ago, British women won vote rights
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)A century ago, British women won the vote, following years of efforts undertaken by activists, where their initiatives shocked the country but changed the world. On February 6, 1918, the British Parliament approved “Law on Popular representation”, where 8 million women over the age of 30 were added to the election registers. It took another 10 [...]
A century ago, British women won the vote, following years of efforts undertaken by activists, where their initiatives shocked the country but changed the world.
On February 6, 1918, the British Parliament approved “Law on Popular representation”, where 8 million women over the age of 30 were added to the election registers.
It took another 10 years for women to ensure the right to vote, just as men did.
The feminist movements that fought for this right were accompanied by unusual acts of violence that were considered unprecedented for that period, even though their influence still raises debate today.
Activists broke glass, waited for electricity lines to become extreme operations like a bomb explosion in a ministry's home.
The founder of this initiative Emmeline Pankhurst defended the the thesis of violence to ensure women's rights.
