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The Era Of The Great War #15: Women’s Suffrage Campaigns Flashcards

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What does the NUWSS stand for?

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National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies

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When was the NUWSS founded?

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1897

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How did the Suffragists campaign?

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Through PEACEFUL / LAWFUL means

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Who founded the NUWSS?

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Millicent Fawcett

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What was the Suffragist Newspaper?

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The Common Cause

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Methods of the Suffrgists

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Leaflets
Posters
Petitioned MPs
Their newspaper

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How many signed a petition for suffrage in Scotland?

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2million

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8
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The Scottish Suffragist movement was different than the UK one… but?

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It was still part of wider movement

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What was the women’s suffragist movement in Scotland called?

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Scottish Federation of Women’s Suffrage Societies

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How many members did the NUWSS have by 1914?

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100 000

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How many branches did the NUWSS have by 1914?

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500

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Why did labour support the NUWSS?

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They were in support of women’s suffrage

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What other political parties supported the suffragists?

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Liberals and Conservatives

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Who were more popular pre1914: NUWSS or WSPU

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NUWSS

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In 1866, how many signatures did the Women’s Suffragw Committee collect on a petition for women’s suffrage?

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1500

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Effectiveness of Suffragists

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Between 1870 and 1884, a debate on women’s suffrage take place almost annually, which kept the issue in the public eye

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Ineffectiveness of Suffragists

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Some believed that they were too focused on parliament, and failed to mobilise mass support for their country

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What was the Suffragette group called?

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WSPU (Women’s Social & Political Union)

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When was the WSPU established?

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1903

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Who established the WSPU?

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Emmeline Pankhurst

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21
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Suffragettes were willing to…

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Break the law

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The methods or the suffragettes often used…

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Militancy

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How did the suffragettes campaign through politics?

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  • heckled speakers at public meetings
  • demonstrated outside parliament
  • disrupted PM Herbert Asquith
24
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What militant tactics did the suffragettes use?

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  • arson
  • bomb attacks on property
  • burned letter boxes
25
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How did the suffragettes campaign in the public?

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  • newspapers, posters, pamphlets
  • held marches
  • chained to railings
26
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Where was the Scottish suffragette HQ?

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Bath Street (1908)

27
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When and where did Suffragettes force themselves into political meetings?

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Glasgow and Dundee (1909). This is an example of MILITANCY.

28
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What part of the Suffrage movement poured acid into pillar post boxes in 1913? Who led this?

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  • domestic workers union
  • Jessie Stephen
29
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What happened when Churchill came to stand in Dundee in 1908?

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He was followed be 27 leaders of the Scottish Suffragettes and endlessly heckled

30
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What did Scottish Suffragette Ethel Moorhead do in 1912?

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She smashed the case protecting William Wallace’s sword to draw attention to the cause

31
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What did Scottish Suffragettes do to golfing greens?

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Burned the words “Votes For Women” using acid

32
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What was the Suffragette Newspaper?

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Votes for Women

33
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How many copies of the Votes for Women newspaper sold weekly?

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20,000

34
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When did the Suffragettes try to blow up Robert Burn’s cottage in Alloway?

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July 1914

35
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What did the Suffragettes do to Kelso Racing Stand?

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Tried to burn it down

36
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When and where did the Suffragettes attack Pm Asquith?

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1913 playing golf at Lossiemouth

37
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When did the Suffragettes burn down Lechers Railway Station?

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July 1913

38
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What was the Women’s Freedom League?

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  • They split from the Suffragettes in 1907
  • they disagreed with violence, but supported breaking the law
  • they refused to pay tax
39
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What did Emily Davison do?

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Threw herself in front of a King’s Horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby. Died as a result.

40
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How many participated when the suffragettes attempted to rush parliament (the House of Commons)? When?

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60,000
October 1908

41
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What did a planned march by the Suffragettes in November 1910 lead to?

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A 6 hour battle with police, and then 119 arrests

42
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Case of Helen Crawford

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  • broke windows at army recruitment office
  • imprisoned 10 days at Duke Street Prison
43
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Why did Suffragettes what to be treated at political prisoners?

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They would receive better treatment

44
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What did the Suffragettes do when the government refused to treat them as political prisoners?

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They went on hunger strikes

45
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Why was Janet Arthur arrested and imprisoned in Ayr?

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Took part in attempting to blow up Burns’ cottage

46
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Why was Janet Arthur arrested?

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Took part in attempting to blow up Burns’ cottage

47
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What happened after Janet Arthur went on hunger strike?

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She was sent to Perth

48
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What was Janet Arthur force fed?

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Milk + beef tea

49
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Prison Medical Officer’s report on Janet Arthur

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“Last night, she was fed by nasal tube with a pint of milk”

50
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BAME

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Black, Asian, and ethnic minorities

51
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Example or BAME suffragette

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Princess Sophia Duleep Singh

52
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What did Princess Sophia Duleep Singh do?

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  • member of WSPU
  • spoke regularly at meetings at the Richmond, Surrey branch
  • member of the tax resistance league
53
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Why were many BAME Suffragettes’ stories silenced?

A

Racism

54
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Why did Pankhurst pause the activities of the WSPU?

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To concentrate her efforts on helping the government recruit women into was work (at did most other women’s suffrage organisations)

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