The suffragettes come to the fore during the victorian era. What were they fight for
Answers
Life of the working and middle classes
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Victorian Era Women’s Suffrage
Women's Suffrage: Votes-for-women
Early Women’s Suffrage
Women’s Suffrage Started as Far Back as 1825
When people think of the women’s suffrage movement in the UK many think of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU, also known as the Suffragettes). This was the group that undertook the militant protests under the leadership of Emmeline Pankhurst.
In fact, the women’s suffragette movement was only founded in 1903 at the start of the 20th century. By this time, women had become angry at the lack of progress being made by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage (NUWS). This was a movement set up in 1897 by Millicent Fawcett. In contrast to the WSPU, the NUWS believed that the way to secure the vote was through non-violent protest. They believed that if women caused trouble it would confirm to men they could not be trusted. The lack of progress with this approach, however, convinced the WSPU that more drastic action was required.
Although these bodies became established at the turn of the twentieth century, the suffrage movement had been active for many years prior to this. In the early years, campaigners were known as suffragists. The term suffragette came into being to describe those who used violent protest, although the term is now widely misused.
Answer:
"Votes for Women"
Explanation:
The suffragettes were the member of the of activist women's associations, who struggled for the right to vote for women in the Public Elections. Women under the banner "Votes for Women" launched a movement that came to be known as the women's suffrage. The term suffragettes, in particular, was referred to the participants of the British Women's Social and Political Union, a movement founded by Emmeline Pankhurst only for women in the year 1903.