Short Term Affects on the World

Pankhurst helped to create the beginning of a movement to use force in order to gain attention. Becoming militant proved a useful tactic to Emmeline Pankhurst and her followers, and they received more and more attention for their aggressive protestation. Pankhurst was one of the founders of a movement that showed women that they did not have to be silent, that they could make a scene and be "unladylike" for the cause of their freedom. Because of this, the protesting of the suffragettes paid off. In 1918, British women over 30 years old and who met a certain set of qualifications were granted the right to vote. However, Pankhurst and her suffragettes were not satisfied. They continued to object until in 1928, the year of Pankhurst's death, all woman in Britain, 21 years and older, could vote. These voting regulations were the same rules that were applied to men...Pankhurst had reached her goal. Against a government full of men, Pankhurst fought and inspired others to fight along side her. As a result, women's political power increased immediately.