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THE BRITISH
SUFFRAGETES - Coggle Diagram
THE BRITISH
SUFFRAGETES
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SUFFRAGISTS
A group of feminists started a movement for women's rights called “The Cause”. It had no particular political focus.
The first suffragists movements wanted the vote for middle class women. They believed they would achieve it using peaceful tactics - non-violent demonstrations and petitions to the Parliament.
SUFFRAGETTES
• But soon the movement to gain votes for women divided into two wings, the suffragists and the suffragettes.
• Emmeline Pankhurst, who had been a member of the Manchester suffragist group, had grown impatient with the middle class, respectable tactics of this group.
• IN 1903 SHE DECIDED TO BREAK WITH THEM AND SET UP A SEPARATE SOCIETY. THIS BECAME KNOWN AS THE WOMEN'S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNION (WSPU).
EMMELINE PANKHURST
She studied in Paris and at the age of 20, she married Dr Richard Pankhurst, a liberal lawyer 24 years her senior.
Dr Pankhurst was a socialist and a supporter of radical causes, including women's rights and had a place of great respect in theIndependent Labour Party.
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WSPU
As peaceful methods didn’t seem to work, the W.S.P.U. began tobreak the law to gain publicity and support.
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They began a campaign of vandalism – smashing shop windows, painted slogans on buildings, cut telephone wires and slashed paintings in art galleries.
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The prison authorities fed these women by force, although this was dangerous to their health.
In a period of eighteen months, Emmeline Pankhurst, who was 50 years old, endured 10 of these hunger strikes.
EMILY DAVIDSON
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King George V and Queen Mary were there as the King’s horse, was running in the race.
During the race a suffragette named Emily Davidson passed under the rails and rushed on to the racecourse to attract attention on women’s protestsThe first horse missed her, but she ran right into the track of the King’s horse and died
In 1914, when the war broke out, Emmeline Pankhurst stopped the campaign and urged women to support the war instead.
In 1918, many of the MPs who had opposed votes for women had been replaced by younger men who supported it and things started to change.
THE PANKHURSTS PROVIDED A STRONG EXAMPLE OF WOMEN FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS. THIS HAS INSPIRED FEMINISTS AND WOMEN POLITICIANS EVER SINCE.