Daring stunts, law-breaking and non-violent forms of protest were all part of the campaign for women’s suffrage.
Some 100 years since the Representation of the People Act passed on February 6 1918, which allowed women over 30 with certain property qualifications to vote, we chart the protests that led to the change.
A suffragette campaigning for the vote in 1908 (PA)
Flora Drummond, left, giving instructions to suffragettes dressed as prisoners in 1908 (PA)
Suffragette Miss Pankhurst addressing the crowd in Trafalgar Square during a rally (PA)
Emmeline Pankhurst leaving Bow Street after getting bail on a conspiracy charge in 1912 (PA)
Suffragettes during a mass meeting at the Royal Albert Hall in 1913 (PA)
A police officer restraining a demonstrator in 1914 as suffragettes gathered outside Buckingham Palace (PA)
Manchester-born Flora Drummond, who was known for dramatic stunts, a militant attitude to suffrage and rallying speeches (PA)
Women’s activist Amika George, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan (second left), Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces Lucy Worsley (second right) and Deputy Mayor Justine Simons (right) at the opening of an exhibition in Trafalgar Square to mark the centenary of women’s suffrage (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Students from Royal Holloway, University of London recreate a protest march by suffragettes (Steve Parsons/PA)
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