Did WSPU militancy help or hinder the campaign?
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- Did WSPU militancy help or hinder the campaign?
- It brought them to the public's attention
- The violence and militancy always defeated the bills in the House of Commons
- Got them sent to jail, where they could go on hunger strike and get sympathy
- Asquith was already against it, so the militancy didn't make it worse
- It gave the government an excuse not to give in
- Because of the increased publicity it stayed in the news
- The militant behaviour kept them in the news, meaning that they got more members
- Made the government hostile to Votes for Women
- It turned moderate men, especially MPs, against the idea
- Emily Wilding Davidson's death showed how much the women cared about the cause
- It meant people got used to the idea and began to accept it
- Caused the WSPU and the NUWSS to split
- Hunger striking got sympathy for the WSPU (and force feeding)
- It supported the view that women were not responsible for the vote
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