On September 19th, 1893, New Zealand was the first country to declare that the women there were able to vote. The reason New Zealand was the first country to allow women to vote was because for years before petitions were being signed and sent to Parliament. These petitions were created and sent in by a woman named Kate Shepard, who is now featured on New Zealand’s $10 note.
A large part of the history of women’s suffrage is the Suffragettes. The Suffragettes were large groups of women who would participate in peaceful protests demanding the women’s vote, among other things. The Suffragettes were founded by Emmeline Pankhurst, and her daughter Christabel Pankhurst. Emmeline founded the Suffragettes in 1903 and was spurred on by remarks the Parliament said about women being too dumb to participate. One of the largest suffragette marches occurred on March 3, 1913, the day before Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration. This march was not so much to protest about women’s right to vote it was more a protest against the entire political organization, which they were excluded from.
In September of 2011 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia granted the right for women to vote. This was five years after the United Arab Emirates allowed women to vote. This announcement came out of no where and took the whole world by surprise. Saudi Arabia is the most recent country to allow women to vote leaving the Vatican as the only country in the world that does not allow women to vote. The time it took the world to allow women to vote staring with New Zealand and ending with Saudi Arabia took 128 years. But the battle started centuries before that.
One thing that made the Suffragette different in the United States of America different than in the United Kingdom was the violence exhibited by the Suffragettes in the United Kingdom. The violence ranged from attacking Winston Churchill with a horsewhip, to disguising as orange sellers and catapulting things at the Prime Minister in his car. The Suffragettes would sometimes kidnap people. Bombings were very normal occurrences and would happen mostly in banks and train stations, and once even in Westminster Abby. In Dublin in 1912, a few Suffragettes attempted to set fire to the Theater Royal, while the Prime Minister was attending a sold out show.
Suffragettes by C N Trueman, March 17th, 2015
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-role-of-british-women-in-the-twentieth-century/suffragettes/
Violence In The Suffrage Movement by Steven, June 10th, 2017
https://libcom.org/history/violence-suffragette-movement
Women’s Suffrage and Beyond by Dr. Veronica Strong-Boag
http://womensuffrage.org/?page_id=69
A large part of the history of women’s suffrage is the Suffragettes. The Suffragettes were large groups of women who would participate in peaceful protests demanding the women’s vote, among other things. The Suffragettes were founded by Emmeline Pankhurst, and her daughter Christabel Pankhurst. Emmeline founded the Suffragettes in 1903 and was spurred on by remarks the Parliament said about women being too dumb to participate. One of the largest suffragette marches occurred on March 3, 1913, the day before Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration. This march was not so much to protest about women’s right to vote it was more a protest against the entire political organization, which they were excluded from.
In September of 2011 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia granted the right for women to vote. This was five years after the United Arab Emirates allowed women to vote. This announcement came out of no where and took the whole world by surprise. Saudi Arabia is the most recent country to allow women to vote leaving the Vatican as the only country in the world that does not allow women to vote. The time it took the world to allow women to vote staring with New Zealand and ending with Saudi Arabia took 128 years. But the battle started centuries before that.
One thing that made the Suffragette different in the United States of America different than in the United Kingdom was the violence exhibited by the Suffragettes in the United Kingdom. The violence ranged from attacking Winston Churchill with a horsewhip, to disguising as orange sellers and catapulting things at the Prime Minister in his car. The Suffragettes would sometimes kidnap people. Bombings were very normal occurrences and would happen mostly in banks and train stations, and once even in Westminster Abby. In Dublin in 1912, a few Suffragettes attempted to set fire to the Theater Royal, while the Prime Minister was attending a sold out show.
Suffragettes by C N Trueman, March 17th, 2015
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-role-of-british-women-in-the-twentieth-century/suffragettes/
Violence In The Suffrage Movement by Steven, June 10th, 2017
https://libcom.org/history/violence-suffragette-movement
Women’s Suffrage and Beyond by Dr. Veronica Strong-Boag
http://womensuffrage.org/?page_id=69