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 Emmeline
Pankhurst, born in Manchester, England in 1858, led
the suffragist movement in Britain which won women the vote.
In 1903 she established the National Women's Social and Political
Union, with the slogan "Votes for Women". The NWSPU
adopted more militant tactics in 1905 and shook the country
until 1914 in the struggle to gain voting rights for women.
During World War I, Mrs. Pankhurst and her followers shifted
their energy to patriotic work, supporting their country in
the war. Women over 30 years of age gained the right to vote
in Britain in 1918, but it was only a year after Mrs. Pankhurst's
death, in 1928, that universal suffrage was granted.
House Captains:
- Junior: Katharina Bodin and Beatriz Camargo
- Senior: Kristina Mello and Isabela Goulart
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