Timeline Flashcards
1897
NUWSS is formed by Millicent Fawcett
When were the suffragists formed?
1897
1903
WSPU was formed by the Pankhurst
When was the WSPU formed?
1903
1905
Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney demonstrate at a Liberal Meeting
When did Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney demonstrate at a Liberal Meeting?
1905
1906
- Liberals win landslide victory and come to power
- Bannerman supports votes for women, but MPs are still divided
When did the Liberals win a landslide victory?
1906
IN what year did Bannerman support votes for women, but MPs were still divided?
1906
October 1906
- NUWSS Petition
- WSPU begin to noisily oppose MPs and arrests occur
In what year did the WSPU begin to noisily oppose MPs, leading to arrests?
October 1906
1908
Mud March
In what year was the mud march?
1908
July 1908
- Asquith becomes PM and is against votes for women but tells women to prove themselves
- Anti suffrage league is formed
When did Asquith become PM?
July 1908
When was the Anti Suffrage league formed?
July 1908
Late 1908
WSPU and NUWSS split because Suffragists worry that Suffragette violence damages cause
In what year the the WSPU and the NUWSS split?
Late 1908
1909
WSPU start hunger strikes and government responds with force feeding
In what year did the WSPU start hunger strikes?
1909
1910
- Violence stops when Asquith promises to produce the conciliation bill giving women the right to vote after a petition with 250 000 signatures.
- Asquith soon begins to stall.
- Huge female protest on Black Friday
When was Black Friday?
18th November 1910
When did Asquith stall on the conciliation bill?
1910
1911
- WPSU call for an end to the violence, hoping that Asquith will be passed but Asquith stalls again.
- A new bill is instead introduced that gives more men the vote
- WSPU is furious and restarts violence
When did the the WSPU call for an end to the black Friday violence hoping that the conciliation bill would be passed?
1911
When was a different bill introduced that gave more men the vote instead?
1911
1912
- WSPU starts a massive campaign of window smashing
- Leaders of WSPU are arrested and their HQ is raided.
- Christabel Pankhurst flees to Paris
- Mass hinger strikes and force feeding increases
When did the WSPU’s campaign of window smashing start?
1912
When were the leaders of the WSPU arrested?
1912
When did Christabel Pankhurst flee to Paris?
1912
1913
- Violence increases: buildings bombed, letters burned in boxes, golf courses defaced etc.
- Cat and Mouse act introduced where hunger strikers were released from prison and rearrested later
When was the cat and mouse act?
1913
When did golf courses start to be defaced and letter boxes start to be burnt?
1913
June 1913
- Emily Davison kills herself at the Derby
- NUWSS tried to gain support peacefully through the women’s pilgrimage where thousands of women marched to London from all over the UK to raise money.
When did Emily Davison kill herself?
June 1913
Where did Emily Davison kill herself?
The Derby Races
1914
- WSPU violence increases
- Public firmly against WSPU and women banned from art galleries after ‘Slasher Mary”
- War stops all NUWSS and WSPU activities
- WSPU prisoners released
When were women banned from art galleries and museums?
1914
When did the war start?
1914
1915
- WSPU organises the ‘right to serve march’
- NUWSS sets up a women’s employment register to get women working
1916
- Women included in discussions about their voting
- Lloyd George becomes PM and supports votes for women
When did Lloyd George become PM?
1916
What did Lloyd George support?
Votes for women
1917
Bill passed that women should get the right to vote
When was a bill passed that women should get the right to vote?
1917
1918
Vote given to women over 30 but not to young women
When were women over 30 finally given the vote?
1918
When was the end of the war?
1918
