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"The Women's Marseillaise" was the former Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) official anthem. It was sung to the tune of La Marseillaise and included...

"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration...

up Marseillaise or marseillaise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. La Marseillaise is the name of the national anthem of France. La Marseillaise or Marseillaise...

"The Women's Marseillaise", a setting of words by Florence Macaulay to the tune of "La Marseillaise". In that month the anthem was changed to "The March...

Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first...

activists for women's voting rights. "The March of the Women" and "The Women's Marseillaise" were sung by British suffragettes as anthems of the women's suffrage...

prison. Emmeline Pankhurst introduced the song as the WSPU's official anthem, replacing "The Women's Marseillaise". The latter song was a setting of words...

Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. At the beginning of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women...

the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). In 1909, she wrote the lyrics to The Women's Marseillaise, which was a popular marching song for the WSPU...

milestones in women's suffrage in the United States, particularly the right of women to vote in elections at federal and state levels. 1789: The Constitution...

discontent" about women's subservient place in society. The five women decided to hold a women's rights convention in the immediate future, while the Motts were...

active suffrage, the right to vote. The criteria to stand as a candidate depends on the individual legal system. They may include the age of a candidate...

attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women. Held in Seneca Falls, New York, the convention is now known as the Seneca Falls...

the first women's rights convention, generated a national debate by endorsing women's suffrage in 1848. By the time of the National Women's Rights Convention...

procession called the Women's Right to Serve demonstration to illustrate women's contribution to the war effort. Emmeline and Christabel urged women to aid industrial...

individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they...

1869. "The Women's Marseillaise." "Woman's Rights, A Right Good Ballad Rightly Illustrating Woman's Rights Music and Poetry 'Rightly' Written for the Womans...

to allow a measure of women's suffrage in national elections. When he was returned to power, a committee made up of pro-women's suffrage MPs from several...

The Silent Sentinels, also known as the Sentinels of Liberty, were a group of over 2,000 women in favor of women's suffrage organized by Alice Paul and...

primarily focused on women's rights, especially prohibiting discrimination against women's suffrage in the United States, and women's suffrage in general...