Read the claim and counterclaim. claim: the suffragette-defaced penny is the most historically significant artifact because it signifies a turning point in the fight for british women’s right to vote. counterclaim: thirty-three years before the defaced penny was even created, the first women’s suffrage bill for parliament had already been introduced with some success and was the true turning point in the fight. which statement is the strongest rebuttal to the counterclaim? however, suffragettes continued to wage their fight through the use of hunger strikes, letter bombings, posters, and disruptions with courts of law. therefore, it was this bill that signaled how powerful the fight for women’s suffrage had become in britain during this time. however, it was the criminal act of defacing the king’s face on a royal coin that sent an undeniably powerful and shocking message to british society. therefore, it was the suffragette-defaced penny that signified the true turning point in the fight for british women’s right to vote.