Sufferagettes Flashcards

(8 cards)

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What’s the wspu

A

Women’s social and political union
Sufferagettes

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What did women do during Ww1

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Sufferagettes stopped campaigning because they thought it was unpatriotic
Worked in ammunition factories
nursing,
driving ambulances
providing clerical support.

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3
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Tactics to win votes

A

Property Damage
Hunger strikes
Propaganda and Art
Marches
Arson/ marydom

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4
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What where the hunger strikes

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When arrested, some suffragettes went on hunger strikes to protest their treatment and draw attention to their cause.
Some where then force fed

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5
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What’s arson

A

the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.

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What was the cat and mouse act

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In 1913
This Act allowed for the early release of prisoners who were so weakened by hunger striking that they were at risk of death. They were to be recalled to prison once their health was recovered, where the process would begin again.

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7
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Why was it named the cat and mouse act

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Because the government were like cats chasing after the women who are seen as mice

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8
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What’s martyrdom and an example

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Dying for a cause example Emily Davison, she ran in front of a horse race and died due to her severe injuries

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