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What tactics did the suffragettes use in their fight?
From 1905 onwards the Suffragettes’ campaign became more violent. Their motto was ‘Deeds Not Words’ and they began using more aggressive tactics to get people to listen. This included breaking windows, planting bombs, handcuffing themselves to railings and going on hunger strikes.
Why did the suffragettes use violence to get the vote?
They consciously adopted violence as a way to influence the men. Emmeline Pankhurst said: ‘The argument of the broken pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics’. In this interpretation, violence was a cold, conscious tactic.
Did militancy help or hinder granting women’s suffrage in Britain?
I will contend in this article that militancy embraced a broad range of behaviours, both legal and illegal, that were central to the WSPU and that such action helped rather than hindered the granting of the parliamentary vote to some women in Britain in 1918.
Did the militant tactics of the suffragettes help or hinder the cause?
The Suffragettes were helped, too, rather than hindered by the stupidity and brutality of those in authority. Time and again these brave women were sent to prison where they were treated with less consideration than the commonest and vilest criminal. When they went on hunger strike, they were forcibly fed.
Did militancy help or hinder the suffragettes?
Historians are divided about whether militancy helped the cause of women’s suffrage. Some believe the achievement owes more to the non-militant wing of the suffragette movement led by Millicent Fawcett. Even if militancy was a factor in bringing about reform, moral question marks hang over the actions of the WSPU.
What was the reaction to the violence of the Wspu?
Some members of the WSPU were alienated by the escalation of violence, leading to splits and the formation of groups including the Women’s Freedom League in 1907 and the East London Federation of Suffragettes in 1914.
Did the suffragettes help?
For many years, the Suffragettes were presented by historians as heroes, who won the vote for women: The Suffragette movement developed into a tremendous force. The Suffragettes were helped, too, rather than hindered by the stupidity and brutality of those in authority.