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1897

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NUWSS is formed by Millicent Fawcett

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When were the suffragists formed?

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1897

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1903

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WSPU was formed by the Pankhurst

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When was the WSPU formed?

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1903

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1905

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Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney demonstrate at a Liberal Meeting

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When did Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney demonstrate at a Liberal Meeting?

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1905

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1906

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  • Liberals win landslide victory and come to power

- Bannerman supports votes for women, but MPs are still divided

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When did the Liberals win a landslide victory?

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1906

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IN what year did Bannerman support votes for women, but MPs were still divided?

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1906

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October 1906

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  • NUWSS Petition

- WSPU begin to noisily oppose MPs and arrests occur

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In what year did the WSPU begin to noisily oppose MPs, leading to arrests?

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October 1906

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1908

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Mud March

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In what year was the mud march?

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1908

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July 1908

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  • Asquith becomes PM and is against votes for women but tells women to prove themselves
  • Anti suffrage league is formed
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When did Asquith become PM?

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July 1908

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When was the Anti Suffrage league formed?

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July 1908

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Late 1908

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WSPU and NUWSS split because Suffragists worry that Suffragette violence damages cause

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In what year the the WSPU and the NUWSS split?

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Late 1908

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1909

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WSPU start hunger strikes and government responds with force feeding

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In what year did the WSPU start hunger strikes?

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1909

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1910

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  • 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
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When was Black Friday?

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18th November 1910

23
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When did Asquith stall on the conciliation bill?

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1910

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1911

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  • 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
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When did the the WSPU call for an end to the black Friday violence hoping that the conciliation bill would be passed?

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1911

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When was a different bill introduced that gave more men the vote instead?

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1911

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1912

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  • 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
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When did the WSPU’s campaign of window smashing start?

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1912

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When were the leaders of the WSPU arrested?

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1912

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When did Christabel Pankhurst flee to Paris?

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1912

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1913

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  • 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
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When was the cat and mouse act?

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1913

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When did golf courses start to be defaced and letter boxes start to be burnt?

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1913

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June 1913

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  • 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.
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When did Emily Davison kill herself?

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June 1913

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Where did Emily Davison kill herself?

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The Derby Races

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1914

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  • 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
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When were women banned from art galleries and museums?

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1914

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When did the war start?

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1914

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1915

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  • WSPU organises the ‘right to serve march’

- NUWSS sets up a women’s employment register to get women working

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1916

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  • Women included in discussions about their voting

- Lloyd George becomes PM and supports votes for women

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When did Lloyd George become PM?

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1916

43
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What did Lloyd George support?

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Votes for women

44
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1917

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Bill passed that women should get the right to vote

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When was a bill passed that women should get the right to vote?

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1917

46
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1918

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Vote given to women over 30 but not to young women

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When were women over 30 finally given the vote?

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1918

48
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When was the end of the war?

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1918

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