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October 10, 1903
The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
Women's Social and Political Union
The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom founded in 1903. Known from 1906 as the suffragettes, its membership and policies were tightly controlled by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia. Sylvia was eventually expelled.
October 10
October 10 is the 283rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 82 days remain until the end of the year.