My read is that British feminism has always been considerably more radical and exclusionary than American feminism, which has been more about coalition building. The US didn't have an equivalent of the Pankhursts
And then the militant WSPU, led by the Pankhursts, embraced the term for themselves to help distinguish their direct action tactics from the genteel political suffragist movement led by Fawcett. US media are still wrong to use it since it was never a US term for suffragists.
And then the militant WSPU, led by the Pankhursts, embraced the term for themselves to help distinguish their direct action tactics from the genteel political suffragist movement led by Fawcett.
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The UK had both suffragists and suffragettes. Fawcett and the Pankhursts. A helpful explainer from the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-4...
On the centenary of some British women winning the vote, 100 Women looks at the difference between the suffragists and the suffragettes.
I didn’t make it to the Worldcon talk by Gray Mitchell on Beyond the Pankhursts – Scottish Suffragettes and Campaigning for the Vote in Scotland, showcasing work by protestsandsuffragettes.com But, here’s a little thread about Elsie Inglis who was involved in the Scottish suffrage movement
Shoulder to Shoulder, 1. The Pankhursts: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0h845dz via @bbciplayer こんなドラマ見つけた。テレビドラマだが、舞台観てる感じがする。
1898: Dr and Mrs Pankhurst and their childrens lives are radically changed by one event.
Well quite, although the statue fudges the distinction by including engravings of numerous other people, including the Pankhursts, around its plinth.
Because let's face it when people think of Suffragettes they're thinking of the Pankhursts, Davison, Lytton and the mum from Mary Poppins, not East Londoners. Though Edith Garrud would be a good person to name a line after - she taught them all Jujitsu so they could fight the police.