The Women's Social and Political Union was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom founded in 1903. Known from 1906 as
Annie Kenney (left) and Christabel Pankhurst, c. 1908
62 Nelson Street, where the WSPU was formed
WSPU leaders Flora Drummond, Christabel Pankhurst, Annie Kenney, Emmeline Pankhurst, Charlotte Despard, with two others, 1906–1907
WSPU meeting, c. 1908. Emmeline Pankhurst stands (left) by the table on the platform.
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A suffragette was a member or supporter of the British Women's Social and Political Union, an activist women's group agitating for votes for women, which in the early 20th century broke away from the
Women's Social and Political Union
…political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom founded in 1903. Known from 1906 as the suffragettes, its membership and policies were tightly controlled by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia. Sylvia was eventually expelled. The…
Annie Kenney and Christabel Pankhurst of the WSPU in 1906
De La Rue playing cards back from 1910
Emmeline Pankhurst founded the WSPU in 1903 and became the most prominent of Britain's suffragettes.
Mannequin of Lilian Metge