Women's Suffrage
Historical Enrichment Course
How women won the vote — the arguments, the militancy, and the women who forced the question.
Start here — the story
In 1913 a woman walked onto a racecourse in front of the King's horse and was killed. The country argued for a week about whether she was a martyr or a lunatic. Almost nobody asked the question she had been asking for years: why can't I vote?
The Complete Guide to Women's Suffrage — 5 chapters, about 12 minutes. You are not expected to know anything before you start.
What you’ll be able to explain
- Trace the argument from Wollstonecraft to the suffragettes
- Explain how and why women won the vote when they did
General learning. Related material appears within Pearson Edexcel International GCSE History breadth study B8 (Diversity, rights and equality in Britain, 1914–2010), which Incandio has not yet built — do not treat this course as coverage of it.