Starter quiz
- Which keyword describes having the right to vote?
- 'suffrage' ✓
- Complete the sentence: In __________, Millicent Fawcett set up the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
- 1914
- 1897 ✓
- 1900
- 1895
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- What is the alternative name that members of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) were known by?
- 'Suffragists' ✓
- Which class in society did radical NUWSS members come from?
- working-class ✓
- middle-class
- high-class
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- Which MP supported the NUWSS by presenting a petition to parliament on their behalf?
- Henry Fawcett
- Lord John Russell
- Elizabeth Fawcett
- John Stuart Mill ✓
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- Which of the following are examples of tactics the NUWSS used?
- chaining themselves to railings
- petitions ✓
- lobbying MPs ✓
- vandalism
- holding marches ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which keyword describes departing from tradition?
- 'radical' ✓
- Complete the sentence: In __________ the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was formed by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters.
- 1897
- 1903 ✓
- 1914
- 1900
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- What is the alternative name that members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) were known by?
- 'suffragettes' ✓
- Which of the following are examples of tactics the WSPU used?
- chaining themselves to railings ✓
- petitions
- lobbying MPs
- vandalism ✓
- arson ✓
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- Complete the sentence: The aims of the WSPU became more ______, only aiming to get the right to vote on the same terms as men.
- liberal
- communist
- conservative ✓
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- Why did Emmeline Pankhurst found the WSPU?
- She was impatient with the suffragists’ lack of progress ✓
- She was patient with the suffragists’ significant lack of progress
- She believed that speeches and petitions were not getting anywhere ✓
- She believed that speeches and petitions had furthered the cause
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Key learning points
- Some suffragists were becoming disillusioned with the lack of progress made by the NUWSS.
- In 1903 the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was formed by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters.
- The WSPU employed more radical tactics, such as large demonstrations.
- The aims of the WSPU became more conservative, only aiming to vote on the same terms as men.
- The actions of the WSPU became more violent from 1906.
Common misconception
Suffragists were the same as suffragettes.
One way for pupils to remember the difference is that the suffraGETtes wanted to GET things done - deeds not words.
Keywords
Suffrage - the right to vote
Suffragist - a person advocating for the extension of the right to vote; especially to women
Suffragette - a woman seeking the right to vote through organised, and sometimes violent, protest
Radical - departing from tradition
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