They set up militant groups. The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst (pictured) in 1903. The Women's Freedom League (WFL) split off in 1907. Image caption ...

One of the most controversial incidents of the suffrage campaign in Scotland was the appearance in March 1914 of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst at St Andrew’s Halls. The meeting was organised by the WSPU, but ...

Within the NUWSS, friction between different groups began to show and by 1903 the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) split from the main group with the desire of creating more proactive ...

The great-granddaughter of leading suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst has said sentences given to several climate protesters were "heavy-handed and disproportionate" ahead of an appeal against their ...

Discover the inspiring stories of the trailblazers who fought tirelessly for women’s right to vote during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In ...

Helen Pankhurst is the great-granddaughter of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst (Yui Mok/PA) The great-granddaughter of leading suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst has said sentences given to several ...

Rachel Farrell as Christabel Pankhurst and Sheila O'Keeffe as Emmeline Pankhurst. Sylvia Pankhurst is buried in Addis Ababa in a churchyard which also hosts a mural of Eamon de Valera. Photo ...

The great-granddaughter of leading suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst has said sentences given to several climate protesters are “heavy-handed and disproportionate” ahead of the Court of Appeal ...

The great-granddaughter of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst described the sentences given to several climate protesters as ...

During the war the men living in the Bow streets formed themselves into patrols, keeping vigil night after night in case of air raids. When the Armistice put an end to their labours they held a party ...