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Emmeline Pankhurst is sometimes described as one of the most influential people of the 20th century.
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Emmeline Pankhurst was born in Manchester, in the north of England, in 1858.
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Back then British women couldn’t vote in elections, but men could.
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Emmeline went to school in Paris, France.
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As she grew up she became interested in politics and wanted to create a more equal society for women and men.
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She wanted women to have the same rights as men.
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The right to an education.
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The right to have a good job.
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Perhaps most importantly, the right to vote.
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In 1888, the girls who worked at the Bryant and May match factory in London went on strike.
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They stopped working and asked the owner of the factory to improve their terrible working conditions.
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They worked 14 hours a day and were fined for dropping matches on the floor.
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Many of the girls were ill because they worked with dangerous chemicals. Emmeline supported the strike.
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Emmeline formed The Women's Social and Political Union, also called the Suffragettes, in 1903.
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The Suffragettes were a group who fought for women’s rights, especially the right to vote.
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They published a newspaper called Votes for Women which sold 20,000 copies a week.
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In 1913, Suffragette Emily Davison threw herself under the king's horse to protest at the government's refusal to give women the right to vote.
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The Suffragettes also held demonstrations, and they often broke the law by smashing windows or chaining themselves to fences to protest.
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In 1918, the British government gave women aged over 30 the right to vote, although men could vote when they were 21.
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Women were finally allowed to vote at the same age as men shortly after Emmeline died on 14 June 1928.
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