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Also Known As woman suffrage

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Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, left, and her mother, Emmeline Pankhurst, stand side by side wearing hats and formal clothing in front of a brick wall and a flag.
A British suffragette is escorted by police officers through a crowd, with a mounted officer in front, after her arrest near Buckingham Palace, London, in 1914.
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Black and white photo of women and girls in early 1900s dress holding a banner reading "I WISH MA COULD VOTE" at a suffrage march, with American flags in the background.
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Julia Evelina Smith
American suffragist
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Emily Murphy
Canadian lawyer and writer
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Abby Hadassah Smith
American suffragist
Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells
American journalist and social reformer
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
American suffragist
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Australian author
Jovita IdĂĄr
Jovita IdĂĄr
Mexican American journalist, teacher, and activist
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American suffragist
Victoria C. Woodhull stands in a three-quarter length portrait, wearing a dark, ruffled dress with her hand resting on her chin and looking thoughtfully to the side.
Victoria Woodhull
American social reformer
Emily Davison
Emily Davison
British activist
Hertha Marks Ayrton.
Hertha Marks Ayrton
British physicist
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
American activist
Charlotte Forten Grimké
Charlotte Forten Grimké
American abolitionist and educator
Mabel St. Clair Stobart
Mabel St. Clair Stobart
English feminist and medical worker
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Mary Putnam Jacobi
American physician
Abigail Jane Scott Duniway.
Abigail Jane Scott Duniway
American suffragist
Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt
American feminist leader
Blatch, Harriot Eaton Stanton
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
American suffragist
May Sinclair
May Sinclair
British writer and suffragist
Frances E.W. Harper
Frances E.W. Harper
American author and social reformer

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