women's suffrage movement in the UK
GPTKB entity
Properties (42)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
social movement
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gptkbp:affiliatedWith |
gptkb:Women's_Social_and_Political_Union
gptkb:National_Union_of_Women's_Suffrage_Societies |
gptkbp:aimsTo |
voting rights for women
|
gptkbp:culturalImpact |
inspiration for feminist movements
representation in literature and film |
gptkbp:historicalContext |
Victorian era gender roles
World_War_I_influence |
gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
late 19th century to early 20th century
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
women's suffrage movement in the UK
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gptkbp:impact |
increased political participation of women
influence on global suffrage movements |
gptkbp:keyEvent |
Representation of the People Act 1918
Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 |
gptkbp:keyIssues |
gptkb:Birmingham
gptkb:Edinburgh gptkb:London gptkb:Manchester Cardiff public speaking media campaigns pamphleting lobbying_Parliament |
gptkbp:keyLegislation |
Representation of the People Act 1918
Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 |
gptkbp:legacy |
increased awareness of gender issues
cultural recognition of women's contributions foundation for future gender equality movements influence on women's rights legislation inspiration for global women's rights advocacy |
gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:The_Suffragette_newspaper
Votes for Women newspaper |
gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Christabel_Pankhurst
gptkb:Millicent_Fawcett Emmeline Pankhurst |
gptkbp:opposedBy |
anti-suffragists
political leaders against women's suffrage |
gptkbp:outcome |
full suffrage in 1928
partial suffrage in 1918 |
gptkbp:technique |
protests
hunger strikes civil disobedience |