![]() ![]() 'The smart meter helps me watch the pennies for my business': How one mother of two kept track of her energy use while launching her own company from homeĬhloe Green ties the knot to Manuele Thiella in low-key Monte Carlo wedding: Happy couple wed during discreet ceremony for just 15 guestsĮDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Lord Snowdon's daughter (whose mother the photographer cheated on Princess Margaret with) splits from her husband Oh darling! Harry Styles, 28, and Olivia Wilde, 38, passionately kiss on romantic date night as they FINALLY let their guard down The oddest of odd couples: ALISON BOSHOFF looks at Johnny Depp's 'off the charts chemistry' with the woman who was on his legal team What now for the Queen's dresser after she was frozen out by Charles's new regime? RICHARD KAY warns of turbulence ahead as Angela Kelly writes her third book ![]() Strictly Come Dancing 2022 couples are REVEALED! Reigning champion Giovanni Pernice partnered with Richie Anderson in one of TWO same-sex pairings Prince Harry 'feared he would become a has-been once his nephew George turned 18': Bombshell new book also details bullying claims Sylvia was horrified that Emmeline and her favourite daughter Christabel joined the white feather movement, which aimed to shame men into enlisting in the army, and instead opposed the Great War, continuing to campaign for suffrage when the WSPU changed direction during the war years. After being expelled from the group for her part in labour movement causes and socialist beliefs, she founded her own group, the East London Federation for Suffragettes. She was a trained artist and designed many of the group's posters, leaflets and logos.īut unlike her mother and sister, she maintained a political affiliation, which for many years was restricted by the WSPU. One of Emmeline Pankhurst's three daughters, she worked full time for the WSPU, which was founded by her sister Christabel and her mother. One of the best-known founding members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), Emmeline Pankhurst oversaw the group from its non-violent beginnings but later advocated for direct action as a tactic for gaining the vote Her daughters Sylvia and Adela were pacifists. When the First World War began, Pankhurst refocused the WSPU's efforts on supporting the war, causing a split in the group and within her own family. She was arrested several times and after being convicted of conspiracy to commit property damage, she used a common suffragist prison tactic - a hunger strike - to secure better conditions for her fellow suffragettes. One of the best-known founding members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), she oversaw the group from its non-violent beginnings but later advocated for direct action as a tactic for gaining the vote. The women's suffrage movement began in the mid-1800s as organised campaigns began to take place across the UK after Mary Smith delivered the first women's suffrage petition to parliament. Some 100 years since the Representation of the People Act passed on February 6 1918, which allowed women over 30 with certain property qualifications to vote, here are some of the famous and lesser-known women who championed the cause. The fight for women's suffrage was led by women made famous by their daring stunts, law-breaking and non-violent forms of protest. 'Labour in government will both pardon the Suffragettes and give an official apology for the miscarriages of justice and wider persecution they suffered.' Some were severely mistreated and force-fed in prison post-conviction so a pardon could mean something to their families. ![]() Convictions of Suffragettes were politically motivated and bore no relation to the acts committed. 'Many of those women were treated appallingly by society and the state. Mr Corbyn said: 'As a country, we must recognise and honour the enormous contribution and sacrifice made by women who campaigned for the right to vote. 'I will have a closer look to see if there is a proposal I can take more seriously, but in terms of pardons for arson, for violence, that is rather trickier.' When asked if she believes the woman should be pardoned, she said: 'That is more tricky, I have to say, we have done it before with Turing's law and I will certainly look at individual cases. 'What they did was absolutely extraordinary and it is why I am here today.' Today Home Secretary Amber Rudd told Good Morning Britain: 'They were perceived as criminals at the time, and it is difficult to underestimate the terrible violence that they suffered. A march of the National Union of Women's Suffrage, 1908. ![]()
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