For over forty years women had quietly campaigned for women's suffrage when, in 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter, Christabel, decided to force the Government to take action. With the establishment of the Women's Social and Political Union, they began a militant campaign which would continue for the next eleven years, resulting in the imprisonment of over a thousand suffragettes, who were prepared to endure torture and even risk their lives to bring about votes for women.
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