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The Era Of The Great War #15: Women’s Suffrage Campaigns Flashcards

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What does the NUWSS stand for?

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National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies

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When was the NUWSS founded?

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1897

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How did the Suffragists campaign?

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Through PEACEFUL / LAWFUL means

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Who founded the NUWSS?

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Millicent Fawcett

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What was the Suffragist Newspaper?

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The Common Cause

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Methods of the Suffrgists

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Leaflets
Posters
Petitioned MPs
Their newspaper

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How many signed a petition for suffrage in Scotland?

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2million

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The Scottish Suffragist movement was different than the UK one… but?

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It was still part of wider movement

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What was the women’s suffragist movement in Scotland called?

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Scottish Federation of Women’s Suffrage Societies

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How many members did the NUWSS have by 1914?

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100 000

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How many branches did the NUWSS have by 1914?

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500

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Why did labour support the NUWSS?

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They were in support of women’s suffrage

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What other political parties supported the suffragists?

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Liberals and Conservatives

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Who were more popular pre1914: NUWSS or WSPU

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NUWSS

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In 1866, how many signatures did the Women’s Suffragw Committee collect on a petition for women’s suffrage?

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1500

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Effectiveness of Suffragists

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Between 1870 and 1884, a debate on women’s suffrage take place almost annually, which kept the issue in the public eye

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Ineffectiveness of Suffragists

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Some believed that they were too focused on parliament, and failed to mobilise mass support for their country

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What was the Suffragette group called?

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WSPU (Women’s Social & Political Union)

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When was the WSPU established?

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1903

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Who established the WSPU?

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Emmeline Pankhurst

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Suffragettes were willing to…

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Break the law

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The methods or the suffragettes often used…

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Militancy

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How did the suffragettes campaign through politics?

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  • heckled speakers at public meetings
  • demonstrated outside parliament
  • disrupted PM Herbert Asquith
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What militant tactics did the suffragettes use?

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  • arson
  • bomb attacks on property
  • burned letter boxes
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How did the suffragettes campaign in the public?
- newspapers, posters, pamphlets - held marches - chained to railings
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Where was the Scottish suffragette HQ?
Bath Street (1908)
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When and where did Suffragettes force themselves into political meetings?
Glasgow and Dundee (1909). This is an example of MILITANCY.
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What part of the Suffrage movement poured acid into pillar post boxes in 1913? Who led this?
- domestic workers union - Jessie Stephen
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What happened when Churchill came to stand in Dundee in 1908?
He was followed be 27 leaders of the Scottish Suffragettes and endlessly heckled
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What did Scottish Suffragette Ethel Moorhead do in 1912?
She smashed the case protecting William Wallace’s sword to draw attention to the cause
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What did Scottish Suffragettes do to golfing greens?
Burned the words “Votes For Women” using acid
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What was the Suffragette Newspaper?
Votes for Women
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How many copies of the Votes for Women newspaper sold weekly?
20,000
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When did the Suffragettes try to blow up Robert Burn’s cottage in Alloway?
July 1914
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What and when did the Suffragettes do to Kelso Racing Stand?
Tried to burn it down, April 1913
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When and where did the Suffragettes attack Pm Asquith?
1913 playing golf at Lossiemouth
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When did the Suffragettes burn down Lechers Railway Station?
July 1913
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What was the Women’s Freedom League?
- They split from the Suffragettes in 1907 - they disagreed with violence, but supported breaking the law - they refused to pay tax
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What did Emily Davison do?
Threw herself in front of a King’s Horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby. Died as a result.
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How many participated when the suffragettes attempted to rush parliament (the House of Commons)? When?
60,000 October 1908
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What did a planned march by the Suffragettes in November 1910 lead to?
A 6 hour battle with police, and then 119 arrests
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Case of Helen Crawford
- broke windows at army recruitment office - imprisoned 10 days at Duke Street Prison
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Why did Suffragettes what to be treated at political prisoners?
They would receive better treatment
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What did the Suffragettes do when the government refused to treat them as political prisoners?
They went on hunger strikes
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Why was Janet Arthur arrested and imprisoned in Ayr?
Took part in attempting to blow up Burns’ cottage
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Why was Janet Arthur arrested?
Took part in attempting to blow up Burns’ cottage
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What happened after Janet Arthur went on hunger strike?
She was sent to Perth
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What was Janet Arthur force fed?
Milk + beef tea
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Prison Medical Officer’s report on Janet Arthur
“Last night, she was fed by nasal tube with a pint of milk”
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BAME
Black, Asian, and ethnic minorities
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Example or BAME suffragette
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh
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What did Princess Sophia Duleep Singh do?
- member of WSPU - spoke regularly at meetings at the Richmond, Surrey branch - member of the tax resistance league
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Why were many BAME Suffragettes’ stories silenced?
Racism
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Why did Pankhurst pause the activities of the WSPU?
To concentrate her efforts on helping the government recruit women into was work (at did most other women’s suffrage organisations)
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How was Princess Sophia Duleep Singh related to Queen Victoria?
Goddaughter
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When was the large march that lead to 119 arrests and a 6hour battle with police?
November 1910
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When and what was the “Brown Women March”?
1912 A 400mile march from Glasgow to London organised by the suffragists
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Where did many Scottish suffragists hold public meetings?
Glasgow City Halls
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Who was a Scottish MP in support of women’s suffrage?
Keir Hardie
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What happened to the ‘Robeky Venus’ painting in the national gallery?
In 1914, suffragettes slashed it 5 times
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What did the Suffragettes do to London shops in March 1912?
Smashed windows

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