Peaceful Methods:
- propaganda
- meetings and demonstrations
- putting pressure on Parliament
- civil disobedience
- ^ mainly Suffragists
Violent and Illegal Methods:
- attacking property
- attacking people
- hunger strikes --> prison, gain sympathy
- Emily Davison 'killed herself' by running out in front of the King's horse in the derby
- ^^ Suffragettes in particular
- ^ Response by the government:
-Cat and Mouse Act: hunger strikers were released to recover their health, once recovered they were re-arrested to serve the rest of their sentence
-force feeding
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