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The Battle of Downing Street was a march of suffragettes to Downing Street, London, on 22 November 1910.[1]

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  1. 24 relations: Augustine Birrell, Black Friday (1910), Canon Row Police Station, Caxton Hall, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Christabel Pankhurst, Colonial Office, Conciliation Bills, Downing Street, Emmeline Pankhurst, H. H. Asquith, Home Office, Home Secretary, House of Commons, Liberal government, 1905–1915, London, Mary Jane Clarke, Patellar dislocation, Suffragette, Suffragette Sally, Winston Churchill, Women's Social and Political Union, Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, 10 Downing Street.

  2. 1910 in British politics
  3. 1910 in London
  4. 1910 in women's history
  5. Downing Street
  6. Feminist protests
  7. November 1910 events
  8. Protests in London
  9. Women's marches

Augustine Birrell

Augustine Birrell KC (19 January 1850 – 20 November 1933) was a British Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916.

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Black Friday (1910)

Black Friday was a suffragette demonstration in London on 18November 1910, in which 300 women marched to the Houses of Parliament as part of their campaign to secure voting rights for women. Battle of Downing Street and Black Friday (1910) are 1910 in British politics, 1910 in London, 1910 in women's history, h. H. Asquith, November 1910 events, Protests in London and women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.

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Canon Row Police Station

Canon Row Police Station in Canon Row, Westminster, was one of the Metropolitan Police's better known central London police stations.

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Caxton Hall

Caxton Hall is a building on the corner of Caxton Street and Palmer Street, in Westminster, London, England.

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Chief Secretary for Ireland

The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British administration in Ireland.

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Christabel Pankhurst

Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst (22 September 1880 – 13 February 1958) was a British suffragette born in Manchester, England. Battle of Downing Street and Christabel Pankhurst are Feminism and history and women's Social and Political Union.

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Colonial Office

The Colonial Office was a government department of the Kingdom of Great Britain and later of the United Kingdom, first created in 1768 from the Southern Department to deal with colonial affairs in North America (particularly the Thirteen Colonies, as well as, the Canadian territories recently won from France), until merged into the new Home Office in 1782.

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Conciliation Bills

Conciliation bills were proposed legislation which would extend the right of women to vote in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to just over a million wealthy, property-owning women. Battle of Downing Street and Conciliation Bills are 1910 in women's history, h. H. Asquith and women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.

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Downing Street

Downing Street is a street in Westminster in London that houses the official residences and offices of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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Emmeline Pankhurst

Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women to win in 1918 the right to vote in Great Britain and Ireland. Battle of Downing Street and Emmeline Pankhurst are Feminism and history, women's Social and Political Union and women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.

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H. H. Asquith

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British politician and statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.

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Home Office

The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Home Secretary

The secretary of state for the Home Department, more commonly known as the Home Secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom and the head of the Home Office.

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House of Commons

The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada.

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Liberal government, 1905–1915

The Liberal government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in 1905 and ended in 1915 consisted of two ministries: the first led by Henry Campbell-Bannerman (from 1905 to 1908) and the final three by H. H. Asquith (from 1908 onwards). Battle of Downing Street and Liberal government, 1905–1915 are h. H. Asquith.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Mary Jane Clarke

Mary Jane Clarke (née Goulden; 1862–1910) was a British suffragette. Battle of Downing Street and Mary Jane Clarke are women's Social and Political Union.

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Patellar dislocation

A patellar dislocation is a knee injury in which the patella (kneecap) slips out of its normal position.

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Suffragette

A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom.

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Suffragette Sally

Suffragette Sally is a suffrage novel by Gertrude Colmore i.e. Gertrude Baillie-Weaver (1855 – 1926) published in 1911. Battle of Downing Street and Suffragette Sally are women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.

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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. Battle of Downing Street and women's Social and Political Union are women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.

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Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom

A movement to fight for women's right to vote in the United Kingdom finally succeeded through acts of Parliament in 1918 and 1928.

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10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street in London is the official residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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See also

1910 in British politics

1910 in London

1910 in women's history

Downing Street

Feminist protests

November 1910 events

Protests in London

Women's marches

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Downing_Street