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At the time the 19th Amendment was passed, both Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were unincorporated territories of the United States. [306] Suffragists believed that women in the Virgin Islands had been enfranchised when the Danish extended suffrage in 1915, as at that time the Danish West Indies were their possession.
As well as justifying the actions of Suffragettes, the Militant school also posits that it was Suffragettes alone who ensured the success of the Suffrage campaign. Suffragette Annie Kenney said that at the time of the militant split, there was “no living interest in the question” of votes for women amongst the British public, rendering the ...
This is a list of British suffragists and suffragettes who were born in the British Isles or whose lives and works are closely associated with it. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
In 1969, 3708 signatures demanding women's suffrage and eligibility was presented to the Andorra Council Parliament. In April 1970, women's suffrage was introduced after a vote with 10 votes for and eight against, while however eligibility was voted down. [246] Women's eligibility was introduced on 5 September 1973. [246]
1894: Despite 600,000 signatures, a petition for women's suffrage is ignored in New York. [6] 1895: The New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage begins. [3] 1895: The National American Woman Suffrage Association dissociates itself from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible, a critique of Christianity. [3]
The Suffragette was a newspaper associated with the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom, as "the Official Organ of the Women’s Social and Political Union" (WSPU). It replaced the previous journal of the organization, Vote for Women , in 1912, and its name changed to Britannia after the outbreak of World War I .
Both suffragettes and police spoke of a "Reign of Terror"; newspaper headlines referred to "Suffragette Terrorism". [45] One suffragette, Emily Davison, died under the King's horse, Anmer, at The Derby on 4 June 1913. It is debated whether she was trying to pull down the horse, attach a suffragette scarf or banner to it, or commit suicide to ...
Oreola Williams Haskell (1875–1953) – prolific author and poet, who worked alongside other notable suffrage activists, such as Carrie Chapman Catt, Mary Garrett Hay, and Ida Husted Harper. [70] Mary Garrett Hay (1857–1928) – suffrage organizer around the United States. [71] Elsie Hill (1883–1970) – NWP activist. [72]