WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During the 1900s, Emmeline Pankhurst was associated with
A
improvement in education.
B
the Romantic literary movement.
C
the avocation of cleanliness in hospitals.
D
a radical struggle for women’s suffrage.
E
support for overseas expansion.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The struggle for women’s suffrage was a campaign which began in the drawing rooms of London and Manchester in the mid 19th century. The suffrage movement grew out of a growing sense of injustice in the second half of the 19th century that women were denied the vote.

Detailed explanation-2: -Emmeline Pankhurst The leader of the suffragettes in Britain, Pankhurst is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in modern British history. She founded the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), a group known for employing militant tactics in their struggle for equality.

Detailed explanation-3: -Emmeline Pankhurst was a leading British suffragette, who played a militant role in fighting to gain women the right to vote. Her 40-year campaign achieved complete success in the year of her death, 1928, when British women obtained full equality in the voting rights.

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