government responce to the sufferage campaign

Question 1

what 3 actions did the government take to deal with sufragetes

Answer 1

• they worked with police and created specialist servalance and intelegence units which helped to keep an eye on female terorists
• leading polotitoons where given a police esscort
• durring the hunger strikes women went on in prisons the government permited artificial force feeding using a tube inserted into the stomach

Question 2

where did the first force feeding of scottish sufragetes take place?

Answer 2

calton prison in edinburgh

Question 3

how where suffragetes force fed?

Answer 3

• held in position by a wardess whilst a doctor inserted a tube into the throught

Question 4

why did the government introduce the temporary dischrage for ill health act 1913?

Answer 4

the act was introduced due to the negatve press atention and public desgust associated with tube feeding women in prisons

Question 5

what did the temporary discarge for ill health act allow autharaties to do when sufragetes went on hunger strike?

Answer 5

it gave autharities the opertunity to release hunger strikers and then re arest them when they where healthy agian.

Question 6

what was the temporay discharge for ill health also refered to as

Answer 6

the cat and mouse act