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... fight for the vote . In the 1860s the British House of Commons had passed the Contagious Diseases Acts which said that in towns where troops were billeted , women suspected of being pros- titutes could be compulsorily examined for ...
... fight for the vote . In the 1860s the British House of Commons had passed the Contagious Diseases Acts which said that in towns where troops were billeted , women suspected of being pros- titutes could be compulsorily examined for ...
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... fight against marriage and for the emancipation of women'- according to her autobiography she was twelve years old ... fighting poverty and freeing women from bondage to child - bearing was a 19th - century development . People had ...
... fight against marriage and for the emancipation of women'- according to her autobiography she was twelve years old ... fighting poverty and freeing women from bondage to child - bearing was a 19th - century development . People had ...
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... fight against society . They were sometimes caught by the police , and in any case there were still some less violent demonstrators trying to get arrested in what had been the normal way . The government took fresh powers to deal with ...
... fight against society . They were sometimes caught by the police , and in any case there were still some less violent demonstrators trying to get arrested in what had been the normal way . The government took fresh powers to deal with ...
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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