acts of the suffragettes Flashcards
what was the extreme act most famously associated with the suffragettes
at the June 1913 Derby when Emily Wilding Davidson threw herself under the King’s horse, Anmer, as it rounded Tattenham Corner
who was the suffragettes first martyr
Emily Wilding Davidson
what happened in February of 1913
they had blown up part of David Lloyd George’s house
who was David Lloyd George
he was probably Britain’s most famous politician at this time and he was thought to be a supporter of the right for women to have the vote
what did emmeline pankhurst do in a display of patriotism
in 1914, she instructed the suffragettes to stop their campaign of violence and support in every way the government and its war effort
which important law was soon thereafter passed
in 1918, the Representation of the People Act was passed by parliament
