Suffragette / Suffragists Flashcards
Define : Franchise / Suffrage
the right to vote in elections
Define : NUWSS
Suffragist organisation that campaigned peacefully for women to have the vote
Define : Cat and Mouse Act
a law passed allowing hunger striking suffragists to be released from prison to avoid force-feeding them
Define : Munitions
military weapons that many women made during WWI
Define : White Feather
Suffragettes handed these out to men as a symbol of cowardice in WWI
Define : WSPU
Suffragette organisation that campaigned for women to have the vote using direct action
Define : Hunger Strike
Suffragettes in prison refused to eat to publicise their cause : they were force fed by the government
Define : Canary
name for munitions worker as the chemicals made her skin yellow
Who was…? : Millicent Fawcett
leader of the NUWSS : peaceful suffragist campaigner
Who was…? : Emmeline Pankhurst
leader of the Suffragettes (WSPU) who believed in deeds not words
Who was…? : Emily Davison
Suffragette who died in a protest at the Derby, she was run over by the King’s horse
Who was…? : Herbert Asquith
Prime Minister who was against votes for women but who later changed his mind
Who was…? : Mary Richardson
Slasher Mary, the suffragette who vandalised a painting in the National Gallery in 1913
Who was…? : Lloyd George
leading politician who was targeted by the suffragettes
What happened in…? : 1903
WSPU founded to campaign for the vote
