Suffragette Campaign

Question 1

Knowledge

Answer 1

They used a range of militant tactics including smashing windows, changing themselves to Government buildings and targeting the property and visiting places of MPs, this quickly gained them publicity.
They had campaigns across the country including the North East of Scotland where those branch was run by Caroline Philips, allowing them to gain widespread support.

Question 2

Positive analysis

Answer 2

The suffragette campaign allowed women to gain the vote in 1918 as it immediately showed woman’s desperation and passion towards receiving the vote. They gained large amounts of publicity in the news and produced their own suffragette newspapers, informing everyone of their cause.

Question 3

Negative analysis

Answer 3

However some may argue that the suffragettes damaged that cause of votes for women as the diminished the reputation of women as mature, responsible citizens that was created by the suffragists, losing support for the cause.

Question 4

Evaluation

Answer 4

Overall the suffragette campaign was the main reason to the greatest extent for some women aging the vote in 1818 because even when the suffragettes were imprisoned for their efforts they still continued to fight by going on hunger strike.
This caused them to be force fed which resulted in them gaining sympathy from the public. Paula Bartley believes that this sympathy gained won them the vote as it shocked the public.