The Suffragettes - Flip Cards

Question	Answer
Emmeline Pankhurst	Leader of WSPU
Millicent Fawcett	Leader of NUWSS
WSPU	Violent, 'Sufragettes'
NUWSS	Peaceful, 'Suffragists'
Herbert Asquith	Prime Minister against the suffragettes
Hunger Strike	The suffragettes would refuse to eat in prison, therefore being force fed.
Martyr	Somebody who has died for what they believe in
Conciliation Bill	A proposed law that would have given women the vote
Leaflets, Meetings, Letters	NUWSS
Aggression, Violence, Anger.	WSPU
Emily Davison	Killed by a horse in the 1913 Derby in protest of women's votes, became a martyr.
Cat and Mouse Act	The suffragettes would be thrown into prison and would refuse to eat, the police released them so they couldn't become ill, then rearrested them.
Black Friday (November 1910)	A protest against the objection of the Conciliation Bill, police clashed with the Suffragettes and many were treated badly.
Representation of the People Act	Act set up in 1918, allowed women over 30 to vote - this was because they would be married and under the influence of their husband.
Winston Churchill	Supported them at first, once they became violent he opposed them.

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