Suffragists and Suffragettes
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This shows the methods, facts and a few examples of how each group went about trying to get the vote for women!
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- The Suffragists - National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
- Votes For Women!!!
- Facts and Figures
- x 400
- Campaigning for Change
- In 1866, campaigners collected 1,500 signatures for a petition for votes for women. A lot of 'for's there but anyway. After the petition was rejected, they kept the cause alive by peaceful means. Millicent Fawcett led as its president for over 20 years but it was a democratic organisation so she was voted in.
- The Suffragettes - Women's Social Political Union (WSPU)
- By 1914, there were over 400 branches of the societies all over Britain and over 100,000 members. Many of the female members were middle class and were often involved in other women's rights issues, such as improving the rights of married women.
- Facts and Figures
- They campaigned peacefully, such as by writing, lecturing, organising petitions and doing peaceful protests.
- Campaigning for Change
- Will the liberal government give women the vote?
- The WSPU was founded in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst and her two daughters, Christabel and Sylvia. Men were not allowed to join. Christabel in particular was very anti-men. Emmeline Pankhurst 'owned it' and wouldn't let anyone else run it.
- DEEDS NOT WORDS
- In 1906, the WSPU moved its headquarters from Manchester to London.After that, it recruited mainly middle and upper-class women and the number of working class fell.
- In 1905, Christabel and Annie Kenney demonstrated to show the new methods of the suffragettes. They began shouting and police came and tried to remove them; this was when Christabel spat in one's face and hit/punched him in the mouth. She was arrested and found guilty. When given the choice between a fine or a week of prison, she chose prison. This attracted lots of publicity and on her release, 200 people were waiting for her.
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