Women's suffrage in the UK

International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year.On that day we talked about women's suffrage in the UK with the students in 1º,2º and 3º ESO (bilingual program). We recommended them to watch the film The suffragettes and we listened to the son "If I were a boy" by Beyonce.

Did you know that...?     

• 4 June 1913: Emily Davison walked in front of, and was subsequently trampled and killed by, the King’s Horse at the Epsom Derby.
• 13 March 1914: Mary Richardson slashed the Rokeby Venus painted by Diego Velázquez in the National Gallery with an axe, protesting that she was maiming a beautiful woman just as the government was maiming Emmeline Pankhurst with force feeding
• 4 August 1914: World War declared in Britain. WSPU activity immediately ceased. NUWSS activity continued peacefully – the Birmingham branch of the organisation continued to lobby Parliament and write letters to MPs.
• 1918: The Representation of the People Act of 1918 enfranchised women over the age of 30 who were either a member or married to a member of the Local Government Register. About 8.4 was passed, allowing women to be elected into Parliament million women gained the vote.
• November 1918: the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918.

• 1928: Women received the vote on the same terms as men (over the age of 21) as a result of the Representation of the People Act 1928.

Let's watch a video about the suffragette Emiliy Davison: