Womens right to vote

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    • did the Suffragettes chose peace or violence to make their voices heard in 1903?
      the suffragettes chose violence over peace as they thought this would get the job done
    • did the suffragists chose violence or peace to make their voices hear about women's right to vote in 1903?
      they chose peace to get their point across
    • in what year was the women's social and political union founded?
      1903
    • who was the founding leader of the women's social and political union?
      Emmeline Pankhurst
    • what was the famous slogan associated with the suffragettes?
      ''Votes for women''
    • who famously went on hunger strike while imprisoned for her suffrage activities and was force fed by the authorities?
      Emmeline Pankhurst
    • which English city was the site of the infamous ''Black Friday'' protest in 1910?
      London
    • in which year did British women over the age of 30 get the right to vote?
      they first gained the right to vote in 1918
    • who was the first woman to be elected into parliament?
      Nancy Astor
    • which suffragette famously threw herself in front of a horse in 1913?
      Emily Davison threw herself in front of the kings horse (nobody knows whether this was accidental or part of their protest)
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