Suffragettes and Suffragists

Question 1

Which group were militant?

Answer 1

Suffragettes

Question 2

What is the suffragists full name?

Answer 2

The National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies

Question 3

What is the suffragettes full name?

Answer 3

Womens Social and Political Union

Question 4

What are the tactics used by the suffragists?

Answer 4

Petitions
Marches
Sending letters to MPs
Public Speeches
Lobbying MPs
Allowed men to join

Question 5

The advantages of the suffragists

Answer 5

Showed women to be respectable
Showed they were serious about it
Worked through legal means to achieve their aim’s

Question 6

Disadvantages of the suffragists

Answer 6

Could be ignored easily
Women became fed up

Question 7

Suffragettes tactics

Answer 7

Vandalism
Breaking windows
Attacking MPs
Blowing things upArson
Heckling MPs
Chaining themselves to railings
Cutting telegraph poles

Question 8

Advantages of suffragettes

Answer 8

Caught media headlines
Difficult to ignore
Allowed women to feel like they were doing something

Question 9

Disadvantages of the suffragettes

Answer 9

Men saw them as impulsive and immature
Made men believe they didn’t deserve the vote
Some women didn’t agree with the violence and distanced themselves