History explainer: the 'votes for women' campaign

How and why did campaigners win voting rights for women?

The 'votes for women' campaign was one of the most important in the long fight for equal rights between men and women - a fight that is still going on today. This video introduces some of the different people involved in the campaign for women's suffrage (the right to vote in national elections), the methods they used in their campaigning, and why their struggle was so important.
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