The Era Of The Great War #15: Women’s Suffrage Campaigns Flashcards
What does the NUWSS stand for?
National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies
When was the NUWSS founded?
1897
How did the Suffragists campaign?
Through PEACEFUL / LAWFUL means
Who founded the NUWSS?
Millicent Fawcett
What was the Suffragist Newspaper?
The Common Cause
Methods of the Suffrgists
Leaflets
Posters
Petitioned MPs
Their newspaper
How many signed a petition for suffrage in Scotland?
2million
The Scottish Suffragist movement was different than the UK one… but?
It was still part of wider movement
What was the women’s suffragist movement in Scotland called?
Scottish Federation of Women’s Suffrage Societies
How many members did the NUWSS have by 1914?
100 000
How many branches did the NUWSS have by 1914?
500
Why did labour support the NUWSS?
They were in support of women’s suffrage
What other political parties supported the suffragists?
Liberals and Conservatives
Who were more popular pre1914: NUWSS or WSPU
NUWSS
In 1866, how many signatures did the Women’s Suffragw Committee collect on a petition for women’s suffrage?
1500
Effectiveness of Suffragists
Between 1870 and 1884, a debate on women’s suffrage take place almost annually, which kept the issue in the public eye
Ineffectiveness of Suffragists
Some believed that they were too focused on parliament, and failed to mobilise mass support for their country
What was the Suffragette group called?
WSPU (Women’s Social & Political Union)
When was the WSPU established?
1903
Who established the WSPU?
Emmeline Pankhurst
Suffragettes were willing to…
Break the law
The methods or the suffragettes often used…
Militancy
How did the suffragettes campaign through politics?
- heckled speakers at public meetings
- demonstrated outside parliament
- disrupted PM Herbert Asquith
What militant tactics did the suffragettes use?
- arson
- bomb attacks on property
- burned letter boxes
How did the suffragettes campaign in the public?
- newspapers, posters, pamphlets
- held marches
- chained to railings
Where was the Scottish suffragette HQ?
Bath Street (1908)
When and where did Suffragettes force themselves into political meetings?
Glasgow and Dundee (1909). This is an example of MILITANCY.
What part of the Suffrage movement poured acid into pillar post boxes in 1913? Who led this?
- domestic workers union
- Jessie Stephen
What happened when Churchill came to stand in Dundee in 1908?
He was followed be 27 leaders of the Scottish Suffragettes and endlessly heckled
What did Scottish Suffragette Ethel Moorhead do in 1912?
She smashed the case protecting William Wallace’s sword to draw attention to the cause
What did Scottish Suffragettes do to golfing greens?
Burned the words “Votes For Women” using acid
What was the Suffragette Newspaper?
Votes for Women
How many copies of the Votes for Women newspaper sold weekly?
20,000
When did the Suffragettes try to blow up Robert Burn’s cottage in Alloway?
July 1914
What did the Suffragettes do to Kelso Racing Stand?
Tried to burn it down
When and where did the Suffragettes attack Pm Asquith?
1913 playing golf at Lossiemouth
When did the Suffragettes burn down Lechers Railway Station?
July 1913
What was the Women’s Freedom League?
- They split from the Suffragettes in 1907
- they disagreed with violence, but supported breaking the law
- they refused to pay tax
What did Emily Davison do?
Threw herself in front of a King’s Horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby. Died as a result.
How many participated when the suffragettes attempted to rush parliament (the House of Commons)? When?
60,000
October 1908
What did a planned march by the Suffragettes in November 1910 lead to?
A 6 hour battle with police, and then 119 arrests
Case of Helen Crawford
- broke windows at army recruitment office
- imprisoned 10 days at Duke Street Prison
Why did Suffragettes what to be treated at political prisoners?
They would receive better treatment
What did the Suffragettes do when the government refused to treat them as political prisoners?
They went on hunger strikes
Why was Janet Arthur arrested and imprisoned in Ayr?
Took part in attempting to blow up Burns’ cottage
Why was Janet Arthur arrested?
Took part in attempting to blow up Burns’ cottage
What happened after Janet Arthur went on hunger strike?
She was sent to Perth
What was Janet Arthur force fed?
Milk + beef tea
Prison Medical Officer’s report on Janet Arthur
“Last night, she was fed by nasal tube with a pint of milk”
BAME
Black, Asian, and ethnic minorities
Example or BAME suffragette
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh
What did Princess Sophia Duleep Singh do?
- member of WSPU
- spoke regularly at meetings at the Richmond, Surrey branch
- member of the tax resistance league
Why were many BAME Suffragettes’ stories silenced?
Racism
Why did Pankhurst pause the activities of the WSPU?
To concentrate her efforts on helping the government recruit women into was work (at did most other women’s suffrage organisations)
