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Actress Meryl Streep and her co-stars from the upcoming film Suffragette were lambasted online Monday after posing in T-shirts featuring a controversial quote, taken from a 1913 speech by women's ...
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.
“Deeds, not words.” 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 ...
A 1903 penny on view at the British Museum features the words "Votes for Women" letter-stamped by a suffragette over the face of the king.
Suffragettes were arrested and imprisoned as they fought for voting rights. Photos from 1912 to 1920 chronicle their efforts and eventual victory.
The Freedom Socialist Party would have done well to pay heed to the century-old suffragette slogan "Deeds Not Words." The political party is drawing criticism over a job listing posted on ...
Though the film 'Suffragette' is about the British movement, American audiences will be learning about their own suffrage movement too ...
The suffragettes are also known to have poured acid in post boxes to destroy the mail and burned the slogan "votes for women" into the greens of golf courses, again using acid.
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 ...
With “Suffragette” already in the news before its U.S. release on Oct. 23—it opened the 59th BFI London Film Festival last week, and stars Meryl Streep and Carey Mulligan stirred up the ...