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by Roz Currie, Curator of Blackguards in Bonnets<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Today,
\nas I voted for my candidate to lead the country, I had to thank those
\nsuffragettes who threw themselves into the fight for votes for women. Imagine
\nbeing Dora Montefiore who in 1900 found her tax paying for a war that she had
\nno say in and couldn’t do a thing about. Or Leonora Cohen whose widowed mother
\ntook on all the responsibilities of a householder without the right for her
\nvoice to be heard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Through the 19th century, as different representation acts
\nwere passed and more and more groups, including Jewish men, were enfranchised,
\nstill women and working class men had no vote. By the time the Women’s Social
\nand Political Union was formed in 1903 it’s understandable that they had become
\nfrustrated with the politicians of the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Israel Zangwill (above, at a suffragettes rally) probably expressed
\nthe question with the right level of anger, “How do they justify their
\nmonstrous proposition that one half of the human race shall have no political
\nrights?” (From ‘One and One Are Two’ a speech given in 1907).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Within
\nthe Jewish community there were others who felt equally strongly. Nina Salaman (below) and Lily Montagu, two of the great women of British Jewry, were clear that
\nincluding women and giving them a voice could only make the community stronger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/figure>\n

Our exhibition, Blackguards in Bonnets<\/a><\/i>, explores just a
\nfew of the stories of the women and men who fought for enfranchisement.
\nRebuffed time and again, they were remarkable in keeping their eye on the final
\nprize. This was despite the horrors of alleged police brutality, imprisonment,
\nforce feeding and hunger strikes (see Gertrude Lowy\u2019s hunger strike medal below).<\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/figure>\n

Only with full adult suffrage
\ncan each of us be truly considered citizens and take on the responsibility that
\nentails. And so I’m very glad that I have the power to vote and make a difference today.<\/p>\n

Find out more about the incredible individuals who fought for votes for women in our suffragettes exhibition, Blackguards in Bonnets, running until Friday 22 May 2015.<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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