Women's suffrage: overview
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- women's suffrage
- Suffragists
- Leader- Millicent Fawcett
- Formed in 1897 when various local women's groups joined to form the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
- The NUWSS wanted the vote for middle class property-sowning women.
- They used peaceful tactics such as; non violent demonstration,petitions and the lobbying of MPs. Fawcett believed that if the organisation was seen to be intelligent, polite and law-abiding then women would prove themselves responsible enough to participate fully in politics.
- Suffragettes
- formed in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst when she split from the NUWSS because she had grown impatient of their tactics.
- the Women's Social and Political Union used militant tactics which were violent and broke the law.
- this resulted in many suffragettes getting thrown in jail. once in jail they would go on a hunger strike, consequently the government used a "cat and mouse" technique- they would release them and once strong would arrest them again.
- their rough treatment gained them support for their suffrage cause as they had sympathy from the people.
- published a newspaper called Votes For Women and sold 20,000 copies each week.
- some argue that its activities were critical in keeping The Cause high on the political agenda; others believe that its violent tactics actually delayed votes for women by its "irresponsibility" in attacking private property.
- Suffragists
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