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Nowadays we think nothing of women having the vote, having supposedly equal opportunities and having the ability to get what they want. This might well be accepted now, but 100 years ago, in the early 1900's, it definitely was not, although women certainly were aiming for equality, or at least the ability to get that equality they wanted. There was certainly a great deal of poverty around as the movement began, and women were desperate for the vote. They aimed to be able to change their lives, and with that the impression of women's roles in life, through gaining suffrage - the ability to vote. But the vote was more than just an instrument; it was not just needed to change things. When asked why women wanted the vote, Emmeline Pankhurst replied that "first of all, it is a symbol, secondly a safeguard and thirdly an instrument". It was not...

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