In newspaper articles describing the early days of the more militant movement, the word “suffragette” often appeared in scare quotes, also known as sneer quotes, which suggest that a label is ...

A statue of a suffragette in downtown Coeur d’Alene has been defaced, with yellow graffiti covering the woman’s face, an X over her sign demanding women’s right to vote and the words “BETA ...

Meryl Streep, left, director Sarah Gavron and writer Abi Morgan attend the “Suffragette” world premiere at Telluride Film Festival on Sept. 4, 2015. in Telluride, Colorado.

At 6:50am, severe delays were being reported on the Elizabeth and Suffragette line. On the Elizabeth line, there are severe delays between Shenfield and Whitechapel while Network Rail fix ...

In 1913, the newspaper The Suffragette published the entire defense that Billinghurst had delivered to an all-male jury, titling it, “The Guilt Lies on the Shoulders of the Government.” ...

Meryl Streep has only a four-minute speaking scene in the movie “Suffragette,” playing turn-of-the-century British suffrage leader Emmeline Pankhurst, a catalyst for the campaign to win women ...

The All England Club is such an establishment bastion that you wouldn’t believe middle-class Wimbledon women once tried to burn it down. The Championships are synonymous with many things: queues, long ...

One Suffragette, quoted on the Museum of London website, ... Between 1913 and 1914, more than 300 incidents of arson and bombing were reported in The Suffragette newspaper, ...

As an activist, she sold the suffragette newspaper, joined the Actresses’ Franchise League, and one even burned down a racecourse in protest.

On 4 June 1913 suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was fatally injured at the Epsom Derby when she ran out in front of King's horse, Anmer. Her purpose was unclear and remains shrouded in mystery.

Screenwriter Abi Morgan's new movie focuses on the working-class women who fought for votes in the U.K. before World War I. She tells NPR she had no intention of making a polite British costume drama.