The suffragettes’ actions provoked legal changes in women’s voting rights.

Evidence

But by 1903, the Pankhursts and others had had enough. … Under Mrs Pankhurst’s leadership the suffragettes swung into direct action. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1448

Categorization

• XREF: This connects to the broader movements for women’s rights and suffrage worldwide, as well as coinciding with the timeline of women’s rights movements in the U.S. and other countries. — connects to: Women gained the right to vote in the UK in 1918 and 1928. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1452; The suffragette movement was the first historical case of women organizing specifically as women. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 279; Women’s suffrage in 1918 forced candidates to court female voters through intermediaries — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 405
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1448

Broader Connections

• Women gained the right to vote in the UK in 1918 and 1928. #expands (0.70) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1452