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SUFFRAGETS - Coggle Diagram
SUFFRAGETS
KEY SUFFRAGETS
Mary Wallstercraft
Wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", advocating for women's equality and economic indipendence, she urged women to fight for their own rights and became one of the most influential feminist activist in UK history
Emmeline Pankhurts
Led the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) to fight for women right to vote; women of this movement were, in fact, called suffragets
Emmeline Davidson
Active member of the WSPU, she tragically lost her life in an incident where she tried to attach a scarf that said "Vote for Women" to the running king's horse durig a competition
Susan B.Anthony
She was the leader of the suffragets movement (coin icon), before focusing on women suffrage she supported the Temperance movement (opposed alcohol abuse) and founded the journal: The Revolution to promote voting rights for women and African Americans (she was arrested in 1872 for attempting to vote)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
cClaimed that only the Males can change the future, since position of power were occupied by men
Virginia Woolf
claimed that women writers faced two obstacles: social inferiority and economic dependence. She then wrote "The Guineas", it asks the question of how women could prevent war if they are excluded from education/profession/public sphere
Sylvia Path
"The Bell Jar": symbol of isolation and mental suffocation, reflecting society's pressure on women The story follows Easther an ambitious woman whose goals are unrecognized by society
SUCCESSES
New Zeland 1893, first country to grant woman the right to vote
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WHY?
Political and Social inequality, since women did not have the right to vote and other civil liberties
Economic exploitation, since women worked in exploitative conditions without political rights
Opposition to gender discrimination, They demanded equal opportunities in all areas of social, political and economic life
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The suffragets paved the way for women's rights movements worldwide, not only for voting rights but also for other political and social battles