First-Wave Feminists in ActionIn May 1914 suffragette leader Emily Pankhurst was arrested by a police superintendent when she tried to present a petition to the King at Buckingham Palace. The British suffragettes often engaged in provocative public acts of civic disobedience in their campaign for women’s right to vote. How do you account for the reaction of the male onlookers? (© Museum of London, UK/Bridgeman Images)