Emmeline Pankhurst

Born: 1858 in England

Died: 1928

Founder of Women’s Social & Political Union, which used militant tactics to aggressively demand women’s right to vote (suffrage).

Her determination was rooted in the belief that women’s voting would help improve other injustices like poverty.

She led aggressive protests and was imprisoned, where she went on hunger strikes and endured being force-fed.

After she died, the British parliament passed the Representation of the People Act, officially giving women equal voting rights.

“As long as women consent to be unjustly governed, they will be.”