In the early 20 century, women didn't have the right to vote. This struggle got partly solved when the First World War started. Their campaign had to be put off for helping in the war.

In 1918, when the war was stopped, a rethink was needed by the British government, because they realized how crucial women had been during the war: they maintained the order in their harvest, houses could be sustained by them on their own… Overall, women and men tasks fall on women. 

Obviously, women knew that they had been fundamental for holding up the war. That’s why the right to vote was claimed by them. 

Finally, the right to vote was given to women over 30 years old, while men could vote over 21 years old. It wasn’t 1928 that was given the same right of vote to both genders.

Today most people are think was a Terrorism not revolution.  

A good example is when the Rokeby Venus (an artwork from Diego Velázquez) was slashed by Mary Richardson. This action was triggered by Emmeline Pankhurst’s arrest.

Mary Richardson was forced fed in prison for going on a hunger strike. On top of that, she was arrested multiple times for being part of the WSPU (Woman’s Social and Political Union).

Mary Richardson was seen at the Epsom Derby, where she was chased and she was beaten up by part of the crowd until she was let inside by a employee.

Conscious of the need to draw the attention of public opinion, the suffragettes' tactics became increasingly spectacular. From a blimp, Muriel Matters launched thousands of suffragist proclamations over London. Two suffragettes had themselves posted to Downing Street to petition the Prime Minister. Marion Wallace Dunlop snuck into Parliament and recorded a passage from the Bill of Rights in a corridor, while Leonora Cohen destroyed the display case containing the Crown jewels in the Tower of London. One of these actions had a tragic end: Emily Wilding Davidson died in 1913 under the king's horse when she tried to hang a suffragette ribbon on it during the Epsom Derby.