Vote for women

               When we heard about Suffragettes most of us didn't know anything about them. And it is thanks to them and women like them that nowadays every woman can be treated and has the same rights as a man. 

        

               First we had to situate in the late 19th century, when women were totally excluded from the society and political themes while they were working as hard as men in a country ruled by a woman, Queen Victoria. Then, women like Millicent Fawcet and the Pankhurst sisters took part and were presidents in groups like the NUWSS (National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies), and the WSPU (Women's Social and Political Union). These women were put in prison and were involved in goverment tactics like "The Mouse and the Cat act"and most of the times they went on hunger strike. It's how these women, sometimes acting with violence, got what nowadays women have.

              That's what our English teacher -Marga Riera- explained us in our history lesson in English a few weeks ago. Then we used all this information to make a little project in which we had to explain who were the Suffragettes, what they wanted, and what were their actions. We also had to design a poster like trying to make it as real as possible.The result were posters using ingenious ideas,women and suffragettes photos and slogans like "Never underestimate the power of women", "Why not vote for women", "We also can, women for the change" and "All voices heard, and women too?"

                                                                              RaqueL   SáncheZ     4th ESO