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The Suffragettes

This illustration from a Women’s Social and Political Union poster condemns the force-feeding of suffragettes in 1910. Many women were subjected to this brutal procedure between 1909 and August 1914. (Museum of London)
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Cat and mouse: force feeding the suffragettes

The First World War promoted advances in medicine, and in sectors such as aviation, that had not just military but also peacetime benefits, says David Stevenson. Here Captain Francis Derwent Wood treats the face of a patient, creating a mask which matches as closely as possible to the man's faces before he was injured, c1916. (Photo by Horace Nicholls/ IWM via Getty Images)
First World War

The First World War: what was it good for?

Historians Joanne Paul, Olivette Otele and June Purvis dissect the results of our recent poll: 100 women who changed the world.
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Video: 100 women who changed the world

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100 women who changed the world results. (Images by Getty Images)
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100 Women Who Changed the World: your reactions

EEmily Davison is felled by King Edward VII’s horse, Anmer, moments after trying to grab his reins during the running of the Derby, 4 June 1913. The suffragette suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. She died four days later. (Getty)
20th Century

Emily Davison: the suffragette martyr

Podcast: Were the suffragettes terrorists?
20th Century

Were the suffragettes terrorists?

Fern Riddell.
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Books interview with Fern Riddell: “Can we call the suffragettes terrorists? Absolutely”

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20th Century

The Pankhursts

A woman votes for the first time in 1918 Britain
20th Century

What was the 1918 Representation of the People Act?

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Millicent Fawcett addressing crowds in Hyde Park
20th Century

The 1913 march for women’s suffrage

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20th Century

The Suffragettes

A woman casts her vote, accompanied by her children, in December 1918. Women weren't as "timid and uncertain at the polling stations as had generally been anticipated", reported 'The Times'. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
20th Century

The Library Female suffrage: Victory at last!

Nancy Astor campaigning
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The Library Female suffrage: How the battle was won

A century since women's suffrage. (Illustration by Eleanor Shakespeare for BBC History Magazine)
20th Century

The Library Female suffrage: A century for women?

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Six trivial decisions that changed British history