Western Civilization II / Unit 12 WC2 1121 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Suffragettes: Deeds, Force-Feeding, and the Derby of 1913
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The idea
The Pankhursts founded the Suffragettes in nineteen oh-three; "deeds, not words" ran from heckling to stone-throwing. Hunger strikers were force-fed. Emily Davison died under the king's horse at the Derby of nineteen thirteen. Other rights came first; the vote did not.
In practice
Half a million at a London rally, the anchor says.
Where people slip
The witness has Davison and the forced feeding; Pankhursts anchor-only.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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