W11

Question 1

A campaigner who was prepared to use militant or violent methods and break the law in order to campaign for women to have the right to vote.

Answer 1

Suffragette

Question 2

Using confrontational organised tactics, such as destroying property.

Answer 2

Militant

Question 3

Women’s Social and Political Union, also known as the suffragettes, a political organisation for women only that were led by the Pankhurst family and that were prepared to use militant tactics to achieve their aims.

Answer 3

WSPU

Question 4

The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Answer 4

Terrorism

Question 5

Police put a tube down the throats of women on hunger strike in prison to feed them, many drowned using this method.

Answer 5

Force Feeding

Question 6

A law that allowed the police to rearrest women. The police let suffragettes on hunger strike free from prison, until they had eaten, only to arrest them again (pictured).

Answer 6

‘Cat and Mouse’ Act.