Society treated the suffragettes like criminals and put them in jail. However, many went on hunger strike in protest. Eventually the government had to change their attitude.

Only just over a hundred years ago, men and women were not considered to be equal. This angered some women so much that they took matters into their own hands.

By becoming a suffragette, women could show society that they weren’t prepared to put up with inequality. Doing nothing wasn’t an option!