THE MILITANT BATTLE FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS

How the fight for women’s rights evolved from peaceful demonstrations to increasingly violent actions as the suffragettes battled to be given a voice

DEFINING MOMENT WOMEN GET THE VOTE, 18 AUGUST 1920 (US) / 2 JULY 1928 (UK) The women’s suffrage movement had been a long-standing battle for equal rights, which eventually led to women being granted the right to vote. On 4 June 1913, the king’s horse was at the Tattenham Corner of the Epsom Racecourse, third from last in the flat-sprint race. As it rounded the corner, its huge limbs pumping back and forth like a piston, a woman ducked under the spectators’ barrier and darted onto the middle of the track, directly into the horse’s path. Her name was Emily Wilding Davison and her death would be the latest outrage in an ever-more violent struggle for women’s rights. The actions of the lone suffragette would create totally opposed but equally…

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