The Sufferagettes

Suffrage

the vote

Suffragette

woman who used violent protest to promote votes for women.

Suffragist

woman who protested for votes for women but peacefully.

Direct Action

using direct action to achieve a goal, this is done to maximise publicity and cause disruption. This is also known as being MILITANT.

Peaceful protest

use of posters, speeches, meeting, letters to persuade people in order to achieve a goal.

Hunger strike

refusing food to make a point or stand.

Force feeding

used by government to prevent suffragettes starving to death.

Cat and Mouse Act

1913 Created by Liberal government to prevent suffragettes starving to death and reduce criticism of force feeding.

Millicent Fawcett

Leader of the suffragists

Emmeline Pankhurst

Suffragette Leader and founder of the WSPU in 1903

Emily Wilding Davison

Suffragette who was killed at the Derby in 1913.

Sylvia Pankhurst

Emmeline's daughter and suffragette. Sylvia changed her mind about Direct Action and in 1913 left the WSPU.

Herbert Asquith

Liberal PM 1908-1916

David Lloyd George

Chancellor of the Exchequer 1908-1916

Liberal Party

government at the time

1897

NUWSS (National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies) is formed, led by Milicent Fawcett , the NUWSS favoured peaceful campaign methods such as petitions.

June 1908

demonstration is organised by the WSPU at Hyde Park, London. Attended by 250,000 people from around Britain, it is the largest-ever political rally in London.

1903

WSPU founded by Emmeline Pankhurst, motto 'Deeds not words'

July 1909

Marion Wallace Dunlop becomes the first imprisoned suffragette to go on hunger strike. Later that year prisons begin to force feed inmates on hunger strike.

Nov 1911

Women organise mass window smashing in London.

1911

After the failure of Bill to allow women with property to vote, Women march on Parliament and it is met with violence

April 1913

Cat and Mouse Act

June 1913

Emily Wilding Davison killed at the Derby

May 1914

The WSPU clash with police outside of the gates to Buckingham Palace, when Emmeline Pankhurst attempts to present a petition to King George V.

July 1914

World War I begins

1914-18

During war the WSPU calls off their militant protest and work to help win the war.

1918

Women over 30 years of age given vote.