SUFFRAGETTES: DEEDS NOT WORDS
AT A GLANCE
As recent as the dawn of the 20th century, a basic and integral right was still being denied to women in Britain: the vote. With no political voice and calls for equal su rage being ignored, more and more women concluded that their only option was direct action. To that end, the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded by the charismatic Pankhursts in 1903. Its members – the Su ragettes – were willing to face violence, public opposition, prison and unspeakable brutality, all for the same rights as men.