Equality and rights (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Full name of WSPU
Full name of WSPU
Women's Social and Political Union
Year WSPU was founded
Year WSPU was founded
1903
Founder of the WSPU
Founder of the WSPU
Emmeline Pankhurst (& daughters Christabel & Sylvia)
Suffragettes' motto
Suffragettes' motto
Actions rather than words
Who were the Suffragettes
Who were the Suffragettes
Militant WSPU members using direct, confrontational methods
3 examples of WSPU militant tactics
3 examples of WSPU militant tactics
Breaking windows, arson, refusing to pay taxes
Year WSPU intensified militant campaign
Year WSPU intensified militant campaign
1913 onwards
Prison protest method used by suffragettes
Prison protest method used by suffragettes
Hunger strikes
Government's response to hunger strikes
Government's response to hunger strikes
Force-feeding (tubes through nose into stomach)
Year 'Cat and Mouse Act' was passed
Year 'Cat and Mouse Act' was passed
1913
What the 'Cat and Mouse Act' did
What the 'Cat and Mouse Act' did
Released ill strikers, re-arrested them when recovered
Emmeline Pankhurst's famous declaration
Emmeline Pankhurst's famous declaration
I would rather be a rebel than a slave
Negative impact of militant tactics
Negative impact of militant tactics
Alienated potential supporters who opposed violent methods
NUWSS membership growth due to WSPU militancy
NUWSS membership growth due to WSPU militancy
From 12,000 to 50,000
Date Emmeline arrested at Buckingham Palace
Date Emmeline arrested at Buckingham Palace
2 June 1914