Suffragettes and Suffragists Flashcards
What was the WSPU, founded in 1903?
The Women’s Social and Political Union. A Suffragette organization that campaigned for women to have the right to vote using direct action.
What was the NUWSS?
Suffragist organization that campaigned peacefully for women to have the vote.
What was the Cat and Mouse Act?
A law passed in 1911 allowing hunger striking suffragists to be released from prison to avoid force-feeding.
Who was Lloyd George?
Leading politician who was targeted by the Suffragettes.
Who was Millicent Fawcett?
Leader of the NUWSS.
What year did women get the vote on the same terms as men?
1928, 10 years after married women over 30 gained the vote.
What did the Suffragettes do in 1914?
1903.They
Who was Herbert Asquith?
Prime Minister who was against votes for women but later changed his mind.
What did Mary Richardson do, and what was her nickname?
‘Slasher Mary’ was a suffragette who vandalized a painting in the National Gallery in 1913.
What do White Feathers indicate?
Suffragettes handed these to men as a symbol of cowardice in WW1
