Emmeline Pankhurst: (1858 –1928)

Emmeline Pankhurst was a founding member of a group of women called the Suffragettes, who fought incredibly hard to get women the right to vote in the UK.

When World War I broke out, however, she recognised that she should help with the war effort, and she encouraged other Suffragettes to do the same.

In 1918, a law was passed which allowed certain women the right to vote.