The records highlight the effects of major historical events, such as WWI and the suffragette movement.

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His parents had been liberal middle-class, his father a professor of English and his mother a suffragette.

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Emily Davison became a martyr for the suffragette movement, which turned radical around the beginning of the 20th century.

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The same could hardly be said of his hero, Tietjens, forever loyal to the young suffragette Valentine (Adelaide Clemens), who wins his heart.

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America's triumphant women commissioned a statue of three suffragette leaders to stand in the entrance of the Capitol building, the home of Congress.

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It may be that one early influence on his social attitudes came from his mother who had been closely associated with the suffragette movement.

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It reached a climax in 1913 when fellow suffragette Emily Davison was killed as she rushed out at the Derby to bring down the King's horse.

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The hotel will house a barbecue restaurant and a pub, as well as Emmeline, a cocktail bar named for Emmeline Pankhurst, a leader of the suffragette movement.

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At the height of the suffragette movement in the early part of the 1900s, a campaign of civil disobedience began with women chaining themselves to railings, smashing windows and committing arson.

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"The big story in the papers the next day was the winning horse Craganour having the title taken off him for alleged rough riding, " Michael Tanner, horse racing historian and author of the 'Suffragette Derby, ' told CNN.

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