Suffragettes

Question 0

Who started the WSPU

Answer 0

Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters

Question 1

What does WSPU stand for?

Answer 1

Women’s Social and Political Union

Question 2

When was the WSPU started?

Answer 2

1903

Question 3

What does NUWSS stand for?

Answer 3

National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies

Question 4

Did the suffragettes or the suffragists start the NUWSS?

Answer 4

Suffragists

Question 5

What methods did suffragists use to try and get the vote?

Answer 5

Peaceful ones, such as:
Held rallies and public meetings
Sent petitions to parliament
Wrote letters to newspapers and MPs

Question 6

What was the WSPU’s motto?

Answer 6

Deeds, not words

Question 7

Did suffragettes or suffragists start the WSPU?

Answer 7

Suffragettes

Question 8

What were some violent actions that the suffragettes used?

Answer 8

Heckled politicians at public meetings, chained themselves to railings, poured chemicals into letter boxes, smashed windows, etc

Question 9

When some suffragettes went to prison for crimes they had committed, what did they do once they were in there?

Answer 9

Went on hunger strike

Question 10

How did Emily Davison contribute to the suffrage movement?

Answer 10

She threw herself under a horse at the Epsom Derby on 4 June 1913

Question 11

What was special about the horse Emily Davison threw herself under?

Answer 11

It was the kings horse