Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 – 1928) was born into a very wealthy family. Her parents were both politically active. As she grew older, Emmeline noticed that women were treated (26)___________ to men. Since then, she decided to devote her life to changing that. She is remembered (27)___________ one of many women who fought hard to help ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 – 1928) was born into a very wealthy family. Her parents were both politically active. As she grew older, Emmeline noticed that women were treated (26)___________ to men. Since then, she decided to devote her life to changing that. She is remembered (27)___________ one of many women who fought hard to help women gain the right to vote. In her twenties, Emmeline joined a group of suffragists, who wanted to achieve equal voting rights for women by peaceful means. (28)___________, she used violent methods to get their message heard. Their tactics for attracting attention included smashing shop windows, damaging public (29)___________ and organizing marches. This got many women in trouble with the police. In 1914, the First World War began. Emmeline encouraged women to take up roles in factories in support of the men who were fighting. When the war ended in 1918, the Representation of the People Act was introduced, giving women over the age of 30 who owned property the right to vote. Although Emmeline lived to see some women (30)___________ the right to vote, she died on 14 June 1928, just a few weeks before a law was passed giving all women over 21 years of age the right to vote.