Suffragists and Suffragettes💃🏼 Flashcards
What year did the WSPU get founded to campaign for the vote?
1903.
What year was the Cat and Mouse Act introduced and what was it introduced for?
1911, to tackle hunger striking suffragette prisoners.
What happened in 1913?
Emily Davison died in a suffragette protest at the Derby. (run over by the King’s horse).
What year did the Suffragettes stop campaigning and why?
1914, because WW1 started.
When did married women over the age of 30 gain the vote?
1918.
What year did women finally get the vote on the same terms as men?
1928.
Who was Millicent Fawcett?
Leader of the NUWSS - peaceful suffragist campaigner.
Who was Emmeline Pankhurst? And what did the group believe in?
Leader of the Suffragettes (WSPU) who believed in deeds not words.
Who was Herbert Asquith?
Prime Minister (of Britain) 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 does Franchise/Suffrage mean?
The right to vote in elections.
What is the NUWSS?
Suffragist organisation that campaigned peacefully for the women to have the vote.
What is the Cat and Mouse act?
A law passed allowing hunger striking suffragists to be released from prison to avoid force feeding them.
What are munitions?
Military weapons that many people made during WW1.
