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Emmeline Pankhurst and the suffragettes
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Emmeline Pankhurst was a leading campaigner for women's right to vote. She founded the Women's Social and Political Union, whose members were known as suffragettes and used protests and civil disobedience to press for the vote.
Memory tip: Emmeline Pankhurst led the suffragettes (the WSPU) in the fight for women's votes.
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Who founded the movement of suffragettes campaigning for women's right to vote?
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