W13

Question 1

A working-class socialist feminist who was active in the WSPU as a militant member and was arrested.

Answer 1

Annie Kenney

Question 2

Speaker for the WSPU in 1905. She trained as a lawyer but could not practice as a woman. She fled the country in 1912 for fear for rearrest, and she unsuccessfully ran for parliament in 1918.

Answer 2

Christabel Pankhurst

Question 3

Led the WSPU from October 1903. She took militant action such as arson and destroying property and was arrested many times, she went on hunger strike and was force-fed. She died in 1928. Mother of Christabel.

Answer 3

Emeline Pankhurst

Question 4

Joined the WSPU in 1906. By 1911 she was increasingly militant. She was killed whilst campaigning in 1913.

Answer 4

Emily Wilding Davidson

Question 5

She was a leading suffragist and leader of the NUWSS for over 20 years. She was a pivotal in women achieving the vote. She was dedicated to constitutional means and argued militancy was counterproductive.

Answer 5

Millicent Fawcett

Question 6

Became the first female MP in 1919, she was American-British, upper-class, and replaced her husband as MP.

Answer 6

Nancy Astor MP