Life in the UK test practice question · History
Who founded the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903 to campaign for votes for women?
Answer options
- Florence Nightingale
- Mary Peters
- Emmeline PankhurstCorrect
- Jane Austen
Answer: Emmeline Pankhurst
Its members became known as suffragettes. Pankhurst died in June 1928, a few weeks before women won the vote on equal terms with men.
Checked 8 November 2026