Protest, law and order 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe SuffragettesGCSEEdexcel Created by: Aneesa.cCreated on: 01-05-17 14:24 1903-14 Suffragettes political protest 1 of 25 Late 19th century Women still had very few rights 2 of 25 1897 Several regional suffrage groups- NUWSS led by Millicent Fawcett 3 of 25 20th century Women unable to vote in parliamentary elections 4 of 25 1903 Emilene Pankhurst and daughters- Christabel and Sylvia set up the WSPU 5 of 25 1906 Elections- Liberals won women soon thought they would get vote 6 of 25 1907 NUWSS attracted 3,000 women to a march in London (known as 'Mud March' because of the bad weather 7 of 25 1908 WSPU march to Hyde park in June, had over 300,000 protesters 8 of 25 October 1906 WSPU members broke the law by protesting in the House of Commons 9 of 25 1910 Asquith agreed to work with the WSPU and the NUWSS to produce the Conciliation Bill which extended the rights for votes for women 10 of 25 Friday 18 November 1910 Over 300 went to Parliament to protest 11 of 25 1911 The Suffragettes began a massive window breaking campaign, along with destruction of golfing greens- designed to generate electricity 12 of 25 1913 Government passed on the 'Cat and Mouse Act' due to hunger strikes 13 of 25 1913 Derby horse race, suffragette Emily Davison tried to stop kings horse 14 of 25 20th century Reflected views on women 15 of 25 1914 WW1 broke out- seen as militant phase 16 of 25 1912 Asquith announced he would accept any clause that the commons could agree on concerning women suffrage 17 of 25 January 1913 Speaker in the House of Commons refused to accept women's suffrage 18 of 25 During 1913 Suffragettes militancy spread across the country 19 of 25 August 1914 WSPU protesters were suspended because of out break of war with Germany 20 of 25 1913 Sylvia Pankhurst-formed a East London Federation for working class women 21 of 25 1913 Christabel went to France, so she could organise the increasingly militant campaign with fear of arrest and imprisonment 22 of 25 1918 New post war government did not return to all the problems of suffragette protest 23 of 25 1918 Some women given the vote due to the Representation of People Act 24 of 25 1928 All women finally achieved equal votes 25 of 25
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