Suffrage



We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the other half.

Emmeline Pankhurst



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A suffragette looks through a window on Holloway prison broken by an explosion after suffragettes tried to bomb the prison. 19 Dec, 1913 image from: mashable
I shall never while I live forget the suffering I experienced during the days when those cries were ringing in my ears.
Emmeline Pankhurst


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English suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel, founders of the Women’s Social and Political Union, in jail for demonstrating for women’s rights (21 Oct, 1908). image from: mashable


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‘1908-1917 Imprisoned suffragettes’, mashable

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