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Page 109
... Congress ; the manual working class make up between a half and two - thirds of the electorate in England , but have nothing like half the seats in the House of Com- mons . And women , who were an excluded class in just the same way as ...
... Congress ; the manual working class make up between a half and two - thirds of the electorate in England , but have nothing like half the seats in the House of Com- mons . And women , who were an excluded class in just the same way as ...
Page 110
... Congress accepted an amendment to the constitution by a two- thirds majority , then the states would have to hold ... Congress , it would probably not have much more trouble , outside the South . The difficulty was to get Congress , and ...
... Congress accepted an amendment to the constitution by a two- thirds majority , then the states would have to hold ... Congress , it would probably not have much more trouble , outside the South . The difficulty was to get Congress , and ...
Page 111
... Congress elected in 1916 , the Senate came to a vote , and the con- stitutional amendment was not able to get the two - thirds majority it needed . But in the new Congress , which had already been elected , there was a large majority ...
... Congress elected in 1916 , the Senate came to a vote , and the con- stitutional amendment was not able to get the two - thirds majority it needed . But in the new Congress , which had already been elected , there was a large majority ...
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19th century agitation American Annie Besant Annie Kenney arrested Asquith Australia became bill Bottom right British campaign cause Christabel Pankhurst Congress countries demonstration Downing Street election electoral Emily Davison Emmeline Emmeline Pankhurst enfranchised England English equality female fight France French gettes girls give votes given the vote giving women going H.G.Wells House of Commons husband Jeanette Rankin Labour Party lady leader less Liberal living London marriage married meant meeting ment middle-class militant movement NAWSA nursing opponents of votes organisation parades police political politicians position of women Prime Minister prison prostitutes reform right to vote Senate servants social struggle suffrage societies suffragettes suffragists supporters of votes Sylvia Sylvia Pankhurst things took Top left Top right United Victoria Victoria Woodhull votes for women wanted the vote woman women the vote women who wanted Women's Freedom League Women's Party women's rights women's suffrage WSPU