Rosa May Billinghurst

Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (died 1953)

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Born: May 31, 1875
Died: July 29, 1953
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Birth year: 1875

About Rosa May Billinghurst

Rosa May Billinghurst was a British suffragette and women's rights activist. She was known popularly as the "cripple suffragette" as she campaigned in a tricycle. Billinghurst's first stint in Holloway Prison was for smashing a window on Henrietta Street during this campaign, for which she was sentenced to one month's hard labour. Two years later, she founded the Greenwich branch of the WSPU.

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The world when Rosa May Billinghurst was born

Rosa May Billinghurst was born in 1875. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst Kentucky Derby — won by Aristides
Top headlineCivil Rights Act of 1875 passed
Technology milestoneFirst Kentucky Derby horse race
World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
U.S. population42.6M

1875 versus 2026

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Measure	1875	2026
Population	42.6M	341 million

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