Women sufferage Flashcards
Who were the suffragists ?
protestors for woman suffrage through peaceful protests
who were the suffragettes ?
protestors of woman suffrage through violent protests
What is the formal name for the suffragist’s organisation?
National Union of women’s suffrage societies NUWSS
What is the formal name for the suffragette’s organisation?
Woman social and political union WSPU
who was the leader of the suffragists?
Millicent Fawcett
who were the leader of the suffragettes?
Emmeline Pankhurst
What did the suffragists campaign for?
wider social issues as well as the vote for women
What did the suffragettes campaign for?
purely for the vote of woman
How many textile workers signed a petition for the suffergists in 1901?
67,000 textile workers
After arrested how did sufferagettes protest in prison?
they went on hunger strikes
what was the government’s response to sufferagettes going on hunger strikes in prison
they force fed them
in 1906 how many MPs were in favor of women sufferage
400 out of 650 this included Henry Campbell bannerman
who was the prime minister during the times of the sufferagettes
Herbet Asquith - against Women sufferage
