
Celebrating 100 years of women’s votes Today marks 100 years since some women were first granted the vote, allowing women in Britain the right to vote in local and national elections. The suffragette’s movement began in the late 19 th century and changed British politics forever. This year will remember those women who fought for our rights such as Emmeline Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett, who had major impact on our lives to this day. But what does it mean to be a woman in 2018? And how near are we to equality between men and women in our society?