British Feminism/Women’s Rights Movement


 * 20th century Great Britain


 * 1909-1911 Women's suffrage reaches its peak


 * 1913 and appeal was carried to the U.S.

The Pankhurst Sisters

 * Spent time in jail for being violent


 * Formation of WSPU (women's social and political union)


 * Also had the option of paying fines instead of spending time in jail

Suffragettes

 * Militant and Violent


 * Supporting Individualism and human rights


 * Earning voting rights and working wages

Emily Davison

 * Threw herself in front of the king's horse. They later found a note stitched on to her jacket about supporting women's rights to vote

Decline of Liberalism

 * Social changes


 * Economic independence