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what did the sufragettes want
the right for women to vote
when did the move for women to have the vote really start
in 1897
how did this movement ‘really start’
when Millicent Fawcett founded the National Union of Women’s Suffrage
what does ‘suffrage’ mean
‘suffrage’ means the right to vote
what did millicent fawcett believe in
she believed in peaceful protest
why did millicent fawcett believe this
she felt that any violence or trouble would persuade men that women could not be trusted to have the right to vote
what was millicent’s game plan
patience and logical arguments
what was millicent’s argument
Fawcett argued that women could hold responsible posts in society; she argued that if parliament made laws and women had to obey those laws, then women should be part of the process of making those laws
what was Millicent able to do
she converted some of the member of the Labour Representation Committee but most men in parliament believed that women simply would not understand how parliament worked and therefore should not take part in the electoral process
what happened in 1903
the Women’s Social and Political Union was founded
who founded the WSPU
Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia
what were members of the suffragettes prepared to do
use violence to get what they wanted
