USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Emmeline Pankhurst & others were suffragists. What was their one basic aim?
A
Equal rights for women, especially voting
B
End to the monarchy & establishing democracy
C
Create a free public education system
D
Equal pay for equal work in the factories
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Emmeline Pankhurst’s daughters, Christabel, Sylvia and Adela, were committed members. WPSU members were determined to obtain the right to vote for women by any means and campaigned tirelessly and sometimes violently to achieve this aim.

Detailed explanation-2: -Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was an English political activist who organised the UK suffragette movement and helped women win the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-3: -Their aim was to gain equal voting rights for women. Emmeline gave speeches encouraging women to take action in order to achieve this goal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Emmeline Pankhurst’s work with the Women’s Social and Political Union ultimately facilitated the success of the Representation of the People Act in 1928, which granted British women the same voting rights as men. (She died just before its passage.)

Detailed explanation-5: -Suffragist groups existed all over the country and under many different names but their aim was the same: to achieve the right to vote for women through constitutional, peaceful means.

There is 1 question to complete.