Chartists and Suffragettes
A global power1714 to 1901
The Reform Act of 1832 widened the vote to many more people and abolished the pocket and rotten boroughs. The towns and cities gained more parliamentary seats, which shifted political power from the countryside to the towns, though voting still depended on owning property, so working people still had no vote.
Emmeline Pankhurst became known for helping to found the Women's Social and Political Union, the first group whose members were called suffragettes. Those suffragettes turned to civil disobedience: they chained themselves to railings, smashed windows, committed arson and went on hunger strike, to press their demand for the vote.
Rudyard Kipling was born in India and went on to write poems and books set in both India and the UK. At different times he made his home in India, the UK and the USA, and among his books are the Just So Stories and The Jungle Book.
What to remember
| The Reform Act of 1832 | increasing the number of people with the right to vote and abolishing the pocket and rotten boroughs More parliamentary seats went to the towns and cities. |
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| Emmeline Pankhurst | helping to found the Women's Social and Political Union, the first group whose members were called suffragettes 1903; she was born in Manchester. |
| The suffragettes of the Women's Social and Political Union | civil disobedience: chaining themselves to railings, smashing windows, committing arson and going on hunger strike Emmeline Pankhurst was among those who went on hunger strike. |
| Rudyard Kipling | India 1865; he later lived in India, the UK and the USA. |
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| More parliamentary seats being given to the towns and cities | 1832 The same Act abolished the old pocket and rotten boroughs. |
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