Women’s Suffrage

  • 1806: John Stuart Mill is born in London

    John Stuart Mill was born in London on 20 May 1806. The date points forward to one of the central arguments of nineteenth-century British politics: who should be free, who should be represented and who had the right to take part in public life. Mill became one of Victorian Britain’s clearest writers on liberty. His…

  • 1903: The Women’s Social and Political Union Is Founded in Manchester

    The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded on 10 October 1903 at Emmeline Pankhurst’s home in Manchester. A small group of women met at 62 Nelson Street and agreed to establish an organisation to campaign for women’s parliamentary vote. The decision followed years of unsuccessful campaigning. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies,…