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GATE 2025 XH2 (English) – Question 33

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · Intersections of literature with political, social and intellectual movements · 1 mark · Multiple select

Who of the following were suffragettes?

  1. Emmeline Pankhurst
  2. Mary Wollstonecraft
  3. Emily Davison
  4. Florence Nightingale

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Correct answer: (A) Emmeline Pankhurst; (C) Emily Davison

Explanation

Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union and Emily Davison died after the 1913 Derby protest. Wollstonecraft (eighteenth century) and Nightingale were not suffragettes.