The suffrage movement

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what was the cause?
women were seen as unequal and parliament refused to give them the vote
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who was the leader of the Suffragists? what did she believe in?
Millicent Fawcett, she believed in peaceful protests and logical arguments
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who was the leader of the Suffragettes? what did she believe in?
Emmeline Pankhurst, her motto was 'deeds not words'
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what methods did the Suffragists use?
letter writing, petitions to parliament, peaceful meetings and marches
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What methods did the Suffragettes use?
set fire to mailboxes, attacking polititions, storming the house of commons
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what happened to Emily Davison?
she lost her life trying to pin a suffragette banner to the kings horse at the derby in Epsom
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what was the cat and mouse act?
suffragettes who were on hunger strike were release from prison whne they were really weak, only to be re-arrested when they were strong again
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what was black friday in 1910?
the police attacked and beat women at the protest
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when was all efforts to gain the vote suspended?
when WW1 started
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what year were women over 30 granted the vote? why?
1918, as a reward of sorts for their help with the war effort
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