Parliament says yes to women voters, but no to proportional representation
London, 7 February 1918 - The Representation of the People Bill yesterday received Royal Assent. It is one of the most revolutionary...
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House of Lords votes to approve female suffrage after bitter debate
Westminster, 11 January 1918 - The House of Lords has voted by a majority of 63 – 134 votes to 71 – to extend the...
Read moreIrish suffragists delight at electoral reform
Dublin, 21 June 1917 - Irish suffrage campaigners have expressed their delight – and surprise – at the electoral reform that has...
Read moreBill introduced to give women the vote
Westminster, 15 May 1917 - The Representation of the People Bill, which passed its first reading to the House of Commons today...
Read moreVotes for women!
London, 29 March 1917 - Sweeping electoral reform is set to extend the franchise to women in the United Kingdom. The plan...
Read moreWomen and servicemen excluded in electoral reform
London, 16 August 1916 - There is to be no change in the law which debars women from voting in United Kingdom...
Read moreSuffragette throws ball at Queen
Edinburgh, 19 July 1914 - A small rubber ball was thrown at the Queen while travelling in the Royal carriage in Edinburgh...
Read moreSuffragettes bomb Westminster Abbey
A bomb left by suffragettes behind the high altar in Westminster Abbey caused only minimal damage yesterday. The bomb had...
Read moreAnti-love strike suggested at suffragette meeting
New York, 8 May 1914 - Activist Edith Lees suggested an anti-love strike by the suffrage campaigners at a meeting in New...
Read moreHouse of Lords vote against allowing votes for women
The House of Lords in London has rejected the Women's Enfranchisement Bill by a majority of 44 (104 to 60). The bill...
Read moreSuffragette smashes British Museum cases with meat cleaver
A woman wielding a meat cleaver smashed ten cases in the Asiatic Section of the British Museum in London today. ...
Read more67 suffragettes arrested trying to raid Buckingham Palace
London, 21 May 1914 - Violent scenes took place today outside the gates of Buckingham Palace as a group of several hundred...
Read moreFamous painting mutilated by suffragette
London, 10 March 1914 - The famous Rokeby Venus by Velasquez the value of which is estimated at £45,000 was slashed and...
Read moreSylvia Pankhurst arrested in London
London, 4 January 1914 - Miss Sylvia Pankhurst was arrested this evening while walking along Grove Road in London. Miss Pankhurst, whose...
Read moreExplosion at Holloway Prison
London, 18 December 1913 - At about 9:30 tonight two large explosions occurred at the rear of number 12 Dalmeny Avenue, a quiet, fashionable...
Read moreThe unknown Pankhurst
Milan, 15 December 1913 - A Miss Adela Pankhurst was heard giving a speech on the feminist movement in Milan this week....
Read morePostal boxes attacked by Suffragettes in Dublin
Last evening, in the hours between 6pm and 7pm, militant suffragettes in Dublin went on a destructive spree attacking pillar...
Read moreWild scenes outside Mountjoy Female Prison
Dublin, 28 November 1913 - It is reported that a suffragette protest at Mountjoy Female Prison has ended in violence and disorder....
Read morePrime Minister attacked by suffragettes
Striling, 1 November 1913 - The Prime Minister was today attacked by a number of suffragettes while travelling to unveil the Campbell-Bannerman...
Read moreLloyd George supports suffrage, opposes militancy
London, 23 October 1913 - Mr Lloyd George today met a deputation from the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies...
Read moreMrs Pankhurst arrested at Immigration, but then freed to enter the US
New York, 21 October 1913 - The Suffragette leader, Mrs Pankhurst, was held by immigration officials when she landed at Ellis Island....
Read moreHanna Sheehy Skeffington addresses imprisoned suffragettes
Dublin, 7 October 1913 - Three suffragettes who were imprisoned earlier this year for smashing windows at the offices of the United...
Read moreSuffragettes attack golf course
Suffragettes have attacked a golf course at Alberlady in Scotland. The course, belonging to the Kilspindie Golf Club, is close...
Read moreSuffragettes attack prison doctor
London, 10 August 1913 - Dr Pearson, the medical doctor of Holloway Prison, was attacked yesterday morning by a group of suffragettes...
Read moreSuffragette ejected from Kingstown Fete
Kingstown, 9 July 1913 - A large crowd gathered in the People’s Park in Kingstown to attend a fete to...
Read moreGeraldine Manning Charged Over Attack on Redmond Bust
Dublin, 7 May 1913 - The suffragette who attacked a bust of John Redmond MP, and daubed it with paint, has been...
Read moreJohn Redmond Bust Attacked
Dublin, 6 May 1913 - A plaster bust of John Redmond MP, which was on show at the Royal Hibernian Academy, has...
Read moreWomen’s Suffrage Bill Defeated
Westminster, 5 May 1913 - The debate on the Representation of the People (Women) Bill took place in the House of Commons....
Read moreThe international story of the women’s suffrage movement
In 1867 the all-male British House of Commons rejected John Stuart Mill’s amendment to the Franchise Reform Bill to...
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