From the Suffragette Movement to Modern Day Feminism
By Madeline Baugh
In the past 150 or so years, I think we can all agree that the feminist movement has done so much to help women all around the world. From women gaining the right to vote, to gaining more independence over the decades, many big steps have been taken to ensure the liberty of women. But just how far have we come? Is it really a perfect world for women to live in today’s age? And how far do we have to go?
Its roots can be traced back to The Women’s Social and Political Movement (WSPU) being founded in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst, with the women’s suffrage movement already existing for many years before. The core reason for this movement was to fight for a woman’s right to vote. Pankhurst believed that more action was needed to be taken in order to give women that...