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WSPU 1903-1914 Part 1 Flashcards

1
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When was the WSPU formed?

A

1903

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2
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What is the time period in which most historians agree that the WSPU reinvigorated the cause of women’s suffrage?

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1903-8

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3
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What is the time period in which historians are divided about the impact of the WSPU’s violence on the women’s movement?

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1909-14

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4
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Who established the WSPU?

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Emmeline Pankhurst

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5
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What was the initial membership of the WSPU like?

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Small group of working-class women, mostly wives of ILP supporters

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6
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What was the WSPU’s motto?

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‘Deeds, not words’

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7
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What were the moderate militant tactics that the WSPU initially decide to adopt?

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Meeting disruptions; demonstrations; heckling

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8
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How was the militancy campaign of the WSPU initiated?

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Christabel disrupted a speech by Sir Edward Grey at a public meeting

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9
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Who was Christabel accompanied by when she interrupted a speech for the first time?

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Fellow WSPU member Annie Kenney

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10
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When did the WSPU decide to adopt moderate militant tactics?

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1905

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11
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Which WSPU member made the decision to adopt moderate militant tactics?

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Christabel Pankhurst

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12
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What did suffragette militancy take inspiration from?

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Irish Home Rule movement

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13
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Who led the Irish Home Rule movement?

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Charles Parnell

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14
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What approach had Parnell taken to promoting Irish Home Rule?

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Didn’t target individual MPs but put pressure on the government

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15
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When did the militant action of the WSPU increased?

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1906-7

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16
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What is an example of the increased militancy of the suffragettes? (1906-7)

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Chained themselves to the railings on Downing Street and to statues in the House of Commons’ lobby

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17
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When did a WSPU group break into the lobby of the HofC?

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25 October 1906

18
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How many suffragettes were arrested for breaking into the lobby of the HofC?

A

10

19
Q

How was Christabel punished for interrupting the meeting of Sir Edward Grey?

A

Imprisoned

20
Q

What was a powerful tool for the WSPU for creating sympathy with middle and upper class audiences?

A

Notion of socially elite women in jail as unjustly punished victims of a male-controlled state

21
Q

How did WSPU militancy help the NUWSS to build up its membership?

A

Won publicity for the women’s suffrage campaign

22
Q

What encouraged the WSPU to move towards more violent forms of militancy?

A

Herbert Asquith’s denial to female suffrage

23
Q

How did WSPU members attempt to solve Asquith’s question of whether all women wanted the vote?

A

Huge 1908 Hyde Park meeting,failed to influence the government at all

24
Q

Who won a landslide victory in the 1906 general election?

A

Liberal Party

25
Q

What was the Liberal government most concerned with in 1908?

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Radical social welfare reforms; Conservative-controlled HoL; Irish Home Rule; worsening national trade balance

26
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When did Asquith replace Campbell-Bannerman as PM?

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April 1908

27
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How many women met at the mass Hyde Park meeting in June 1908?

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250-500K

28
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What did Christabel direct in response to Asquith’s refusal to acknowledge the mass support at the Hyde Park meeting?

A

Mass campaign of window-breaking

29
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When did the WSPU’s violent militancy begin?

A

1909

30
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Why did the suffragettes adopt a campaign of violent militancy?

A

Grew impatient at the lack of progress in what they saw as the most vital political question

31
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Who became a popular target for much of the suffragette’s violent militancy?

A

Herbert Asquith

32
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Why was Asquith sceptical about female suffrage?

A

He didn’t think all women wanted the vote

33
Q

When did the WSPU begin its hunger strikes?

A

1909

34
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When was the most notorious act of suffragette militancy?

A

18 November 1910

35
Q

What happened on November 1910?

A

Government refused time to debate legislation for women suffrage. The WSPU responded by sending in 300 women into the HofC

36
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When did suffragette militancy become even more extreme?

A

1911

37
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What tactics did the WSPU use in 1912?

A

Targeted artworks and set fire to pillar boxes (post boxes)

38
Q

When was the suffragette campaign at its most militant?

A

1913

39
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What are examples of the suffragette militancy in 1913?

A

13 paintings hacked apart in Manchester

Golf greens & train carriages all damaged

40
Q

How many members did the WSPU consist of in the summer of 1905?

A

30

41
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How many members did the WSPU consist of by the end of 1914?

A

5000

A2 History - WSPU (2 decks)

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