Meryl Streep and Co-Stars Criticized Over Suffragette Slavery Slogan T-Shirts. Published Oct 06, 2015 at 9:09 AM EDT Updated May 12, 2017 at 11:16 PM EDT. By Natalie Ilsley . Intern. FOLLOW.

Thousands of women are gathering to turn British cities into rivers of green, white and violet to mark 100 years since the first U.K. women won the right to vote.

Suffragettes were arrested and imprisoned as they fought for voting rights. Photos from 1912 to 1920 chronicle their efforts and eventual victory. ... The slogan "We were voters out west!

The uncomfortable truth about racism and the suffragettes. As Suffragette actresses come under fire for sporting t-shirts with the slogan 'I'd rather be a rebel than a slave', Radhika Sanghani ...

Recently on the British Museum blog, Thomas Hockenhull, the institution’s curator of modern money, shared a 1903 penny that has the suffragette slogan “Votes for Women” letter-stamped over ...

In Sarah Gavron’s new film, “Suffragette,” the slogan is uttered first by the militant pharmacist Edith Ellyn (Helena Bonham Carter), repeated at key junctures, and seen finally, scrawled on ...

The British suffrage movement wasn’t always so violent. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, formed in 1897 and led by privileged widow Millicent Garrett Fawsett, campaigned for ...

Suffrage slogans and encouragements were placed on a variety of merchandise, including disposable paper cups. “Votes for Women” was one of the most popular and recognizable slogans used by members of ...

Meryl Streep and Co-Stars Criticized Over 'Suffragette' Slavery Slogan T-Shirts. Published Oct 06, 2015 at 3:12 PM EDT Updated Apr 23, 2016 at 8:15 AM EDT.