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La lucha por el sufragio femenino en Gran Bretaña y España

  • Founding the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies

    Founding the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
    They were called The suffragists. The leader of this fundation was Millicent Fawcett and she defended patient tactics.
  • Founding the Women´s Social and Political Union

    Founding the Women´s Social and Political Union
    They were called The Suffragettes and their leader was Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Sylvia and Christabel. They tried to gain wotes for women faster and more aggresive than NUWSS
  • Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney was ejected from Free Trade Hall

    Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney was ejected from Free Trade Hall
    They was arguing with a member of the Liberal goverment (Edwarsd Grey) and with the Superintendent Watson.
  • Irene Fenwick Miller and Mrs Drummond were arrested

    Irene Fenwick Miller and Mrs Drummond were arrested
    They were arrested because they pounded the door of Prime Minister's House and tried to in there. Also Annie Kenney jumped onto the Prime Minister's car and She was arrested too
  • A procession of 400 women was formed

    A procession of 400 women was formed
    In this proccession Women protested again the Goverment beacuase they wanted to vote. This Procession ended with 50 women were arrested, including Sylvia and Christabel Pankhurst. This protest was organised by WSPU
  • A protest rally was held in Hyde Park

    A protest rally was held in Hyde Park
    There were from 250.000 to 500.000 people present.
  • Marion Wallace was sentenced to one month of prision

    Marion Wallace was sentenced to one month of prision
    for defacing a wall. In the prision, She began a Hunger strike. After refusing all food for 91 hours, she was released from prision
  • Violent Protest

    Women from Suffragattes went to break Windows at goverment offices and business premises. 220 women and 3 men were arrested. Window breaking caused many women to leave The Suffragettes
  • the offensive of Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans in Dublin

    These women threw a small axe into the Prime Minister's Carriage. And in The evening, They tried to set fire to the Theatre Royal, Where the Prime Minister had just seen a performance. They were sentenced to 5 years in prision
  • The Suffragettes began an organised campaign of destruction of public and private property

  • A bomb wrecked five rooms of a house that the Chancellor was having built

    This bomb was set by Emily Wilding Davision
  • The incident of Derby horse race

    The incident of Derby horse race
    <a href='' >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH_r6-JpO9Q</a>
    Emily Wilding Davison attended the Debry horse race. Emily dashed on to the course and was run down by the King's horse. She died few days later and the WSPU had its firts martyr.
  • George V was attending the theatre when Suffragattes insulted him

    George V was attending the theatre when Suffragattes insulted him
  • Women over the age 30 who owned property were given the right to vote

  • all women can vote in 1928

    In this year, Emmeline Pankhurst died too.
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    Debate voto de la mujer

    El debate fue entre Victoria Kent (Partido Radical-Socialista) y Clara Campoamor (Partido Republicano Radical). La primera pensaba que el voto de la mujer perjudicaría al desarrollo de la república porque las mujeres estaban más influenciadas por la derecha y por la Iglesia. Sin embargo, Clara Campoamor defendía que para cambiar la concepción que podía tener la mujer, había que darla la posibilidad de votar, haciéndolas así más libres, responsables y fieles a la república.
  • Derecho de voto de la mujer

    Derecho de voto de la mujer
    El Congreso aceptó por primera vez que la mujer pudiera votar libremente en España. Hasta entonces, las mujeres apenas habían tenido la posibilidad de elegir sobre algunas decisiones.
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    Dictadura de Franco y Transición

    Durante la Dictadura fascista de Franco, a la mujer se la relegó a un segundo plano y se la impidió el derecho de ejercer el voto (en teoría también al hombre, aunque éste por ejemplo, si que podía votar en las elecciones sindicales).
  • Elecciones generales de 1977

    Elecciones generales de 1977
    Primeras elecciones generales después de la muerte de Franco. La mujer vuelve a tener la posibilidad de votar.