Suffragettes 1908-14

Why did militancy increase in 1908?

Failure of Hyde Park march and Asquith’s refusals

What was the first act of increased militancy in 1908?

Mary Leigh and Edith New; window smashing in Downing Street

What did newspapers call militant actions?

Suffragette outrages

How had the government limited suffragette activity from 1906?

Refused meetings with WSPU; excluded women from meetings

What reason did suffragettes give for hunger strikes?

Wanted political prisoner status

What prison were most suffragettes held in?

Holloway Prison

Give two ways imprisonment helped suffragettes.

Publicity from arrests; morale from medals and crowds

When was the first hunger strike?

5 July 1909 Marion Wallace Dunlop

What were three government responses to hunger strikes?

Early release; force feeding; Cat and Mouse Act

How did propaganda use hunger strikes?

Posters and accounts showing government brutality

What year was the Cat and Mouse Act?

1913

Why did the Cat and Mouse Act fail?

Prisoners escaped; made government look weak

What date was Black Friday?

18 November 1910

Give two consequences of Black Friday.

Increased militancy; tactics moved underground

Give four targets in the reign of terror.

Communications; MPs and houses; cultural institutions; churches

Name a historian on suffragette terrorism.

Fern Riddell

Give three government responses to militancy.

Bans; raids; arrests; surveillance; censorship

When was the Epsom Derby?

4 June 1913

Give two significances of Emily Davison’s act.

Filmed live; created martyr; large funeral

How did WSPU tactics change in 1914?

Truce and supported WW1

How did WSPU change in 1917?

Became Women’s Party