Contrairement à la National Union of Women Suffrage les suffragettes de la Women’s Social and Political Union, une organisation qui défend aussi le droit de vote des femmes fondée en 1903 par l’activiste britanique Emmeline Pankhurst font preuve de violence pour se faire entendre en faisant des grèves de la faim, des manifestations illégales et des incendies, leur devise est « Des actions pas des mots » cela montre leur détermination la plupart de ses militantes sont allées en prison. Malgré la volonté du gouvernement britannique les suffragettes trouvent de plus en plus d’adhérents.e.s. En 1918 suite à l’effort de guerre des femmes britanniques durant La Première Guerre Mondiale les femmes de plus de 30 ans obtiennent le droit de vote alors que les hommes l’ont à 21ans. Finalement le Royaume-Uni accorde le droit de vote aux femmes de manière à ce qu’il soit dans les mêmes conditions que le suffrage des hommes en 1928.
In the United Kingdom , in 1852 the fight for the right to vote of women has begun with a petition which asked their access to the ballot box , it will unsuccessfully be presented 19 years after to the government. But during the year 1897, Millicent Fawcett a british activist directed the National of Women Suffrage association which compaigned to have the right of vote by organizing lawful and non-violent demonstrations and meetings with its volonteers called suffragettes.
Contrary to the National Union of Women Suffrage, the suffragettes from Women’s Social and Political Union (an organization which also defends the right to vote of women founded in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst) did use violence and went on hunger strikes, unlawful demonstrations and fires to be heard, their motto was « deeds, not words » that indicates their determination most of them were jailed . In spite
of the British government the suffragettes found more and more members .In 1918, following the effort of the women in the First World War British women older than 30 have the right to vote when the men oldze than 21 could vote . Finally the United Kingdom gave the right to vote to the women in the same conditions than men in 1928 .
