Park Row, Leeds (1882) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (English, 1836–1893). Grimshaw was arguably one of the great nightscape and townscape artists. He died in 1893 of tuberculosis and is buried in Woodhouse Cemetery (St George’s Fields), in Leeds.
Née Goulden, Emmeline was born on the 14th of July 1858. She was an important British political activist, most known for organizing the UK suffragette movement and helping women win the right to vote.
In 1894, Emmeline was appointed as Poor Law Guardian and through this work she saw the harsh conditions in Manchester’s workhouses. Working in the social field made her even more convinced that women’s right to vote was unbearable in the fight for social justice.
Emmeline founded the Woman’s Social and Political Union in 1903. This all-women suffrage advocacy organisation was dedicated to “deeds, not words”. It became known for physical confrontations, something Emmeline was widely criticized for. When the First World War started, Emmeline and other suffragettes stopped the militant terrorism, in support for the government’s stand against the “German Peril”.
The Representation of the People Act in 1918 granted votes to all men over te age of 21 and women over the age of 30. The suffragettes saw this as a big victory. In 1928, women gained the same rights to vote as men.
“I know that women, once convinced that they are doing what is right, that their rebellion is just, will go on, no matter what the difficulties, no matter what the dangers, so long as there is a woman alive to hold up the flag of rebellion”
- Emmeline Pankhurst (July 14th, 1858 - June 14th, 1928)
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