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The WSPU, 1903-14 Flashcards

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What evidence is there that women experienced improvements to their lives in the later nineteenth century?

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Wassim

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What evidence is there of continuing inequality around 1900?

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Wassim

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When did the women’s suffrage movement start? What was its first major event?

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Wassim

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Which suffrage organisations existed before 1903? Give detail about each.

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Joel

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What evidence is there of the strength of the constitutional suffragists?

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Joel

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What was the focus of the constitutional suffragists’ campaign? What campaigning methods did they use?

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Joel

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Why did the suffragists have to rely on private members’ bills?

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Joe D

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When was the WSPU set up?

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Joe D

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Why was the Women’s Social and Political Union set up?

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Joe D

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Who were the leaders of the WSPU? Give details about their background and early political experience.

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Max

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What was significant about the membership of the WSPU?

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Max

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What evidence is there for and against the criticism that the WSPU was elitist?

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Max

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13
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What evidence is there that the WSPU was run in an authoritarian manner?

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Jayden

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14
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How has the dictatorial leadership of the Pankhursts been explained/defended by historians?

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Jayden

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What campaign methods did the WSPU adopt between 1903 and 1905?

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Jayden

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What was the trigger (in May 1905) that encouraged the WSPU to take more militant action?

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Anna

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17
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What happened in October 1905?

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Anna

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18
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What impact did the heckling of leading politicians have?

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Anna

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19
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In what ways was Churchill targeted by the WSPU?

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Imi

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How did opponents use the militant action to attack the WSPU?

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Imi

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21
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What reasons for militancy were put forward by the WSPU?

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Imi

22
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How far was suffragette violence ordered and directed by the Pankhursts?

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Lola

23
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How did members of the WSPU react to Emmeline Pankhursts imprisonment in April 1913?

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Lola

24
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What evidence/examples are there that the WSPU continued with peaceful campaigning?

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Lola

25
Q

What/when was the Conciliation Committee, and the Conciliation Bills?

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Louis

26
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What did the WSPU do during negotiations over the Conciliation Bill?

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Louis

27
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Why did the Conciliation Bills fail?

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Louis

28
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How did the WSPU react to the failure of the Conciliation Bills?

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Uma

29
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What was the attitude of Liberal Party members towards women’s suffrage in this period?

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Uma

30
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Why didn’t the Liberal government support women’s suffrage bills?

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Uma

31
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How did the Liberal government respond to WSPU militancy? Give details about measures introduced.

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Joe B

32
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What was window-sashing usually a response to? Give examples.

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Joe B

33
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What happened on Black Friday (18 November 1910)?

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Joe B

34
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How did the treatment of WSPU prisoners change?

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Josh

35
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Why did some suffragette prisoners begin to go on hunger strike?

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Josh

36
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Why did hunger striking become official WSPU policy?

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Josh

37
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Why did hunger strikes cause problems for the government?

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Iyola

38
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What was the reaction to the government’s force-feeding of suffragettes who went on hunger strike?

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Iyola

39
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What/when was the Cat and Mouse Act? Why was it introduced?

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Iyola

40
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What happened to Emily Davison?

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Paula

41
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What was the reaction to Emily Davison’s death?

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Paula

42
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What evidence is there of increasing militancy around 1912?

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Paula

43
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What splits were there in the WSPU between 1912 and 1914?

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Oscar

44
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Why did increasing militancy undermine the effectiveness of the WSPU?

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Oscar

45
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Which groups of women campaigners did Asquith meet in 1913 and 1914?

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Oscar

46
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What evidence and arguments are there that militancy hindered the cause of women’s suffrage?

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Bertie

47
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What evidence and arguments are there that militancy helped the cause of women’s suffrage?

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Bertie

48
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In what ways did the leadership of the WSPU hinder the cause of women’s suffrage?

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Blair

49
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In what ways did the leadership of the WSPU help the cause of women’s suffrage?

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Blair

50
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Why was the Liberal leadership so obstructive to women’s suffrage?

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Ben

51
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In what ways did the Liberal government hinder the cause of women’s suffrage?

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Ben

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