the suffragettes got the right to vote in 1840.
when did the suffragettes get the right to vote?
1840
although female enfranchisement was granted with the representation of the people acts of 1918 and 1928, the militant campaigning methods of suffragettes have become a source of contention amongst historical accounts. the debate primarily centres around whether militancy was a justified, effective and decisive means to a failing political end, or acted as a hindrance to the ongoing constitutional campaigning of other suffragists by alienating politicians and the british public. there are four main schools of suffragette history, each taking a different position on the perceived efficacy, or lack thereof, of suffragettes.









































section::::the militant school.
historiography of the suffragettes
as well as justifying the actions of suffragettes, the militant school also posits that it was suffragettes alone who ensured the success of the suffrage campaign. suffragette annie kenney said that at the time of the militant split, there was “no living interest in the question” of votes for women amongst the british public, rendering the campaign stagnant. suffragette mona caird wrote that constitutional campaigning provided no evidence in the eyes of the public and politicians that women wanted the vote, but suffragettes and the militant campaign amended this by placing the campaign within practical politics. ultimately, frederick pethick-lawrence of the militant school argued it was only the actions of suffragettes which “shook the complacency of the government” adequately enough to spur any action, to the extent that it was unlikely the vote would have been granted at all were it not for their militant campaign.
historiography of the suffragettes