Emmeline Pankhurst

Europe

Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters found the Women's Social and Political Union in Manchester, launching militant suffragette tactics: chaining themselves…

• 1903 CE

  Emmeline Pankhurst founds the WSPU

  Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters found the Women's Social and Political Union in Manchester, launching militant suffragette tactics: chaining themselves to railings, hunger strikes, and window-smashing. Their campaign wins British women over 30 the vote in 1918.

• 1918 CE

  Women gain vote in UK

  The Representation of the People Act grants the vote to British women over 30 who meet property qualifications. Full equal suffrage follows in 1928. The Act also nearly triples the male electorate—transforming British democracy.