The Way in Which the Methods of the Suffragists and Suffragettes Were Different
There were two different types of groups that were trying to get the
vote for women. These were The Suffragists and The Suffragettes. They
were similar in the way that they both wanted the vote for women, but
were very different in the tactics that were used for this. The
Suffragists were formed in 1890's, and they believed in peaceful
methods of campaigning. The Suffragettes were formed in 1903 and they
believed in more extreme methods of campaigning. In this essay I am
going to look at the different tactics used by both groups. I will be
starting by looking at the tactics used by The Suffragists.
The Suffragists who were formed in the 1890's, were led by a woman
called Millicent Fawcett, The Suffragists believed in peaceful methods
of campaigning. Millicent Fawcett wrote in 1911 that she wanted the
NUWSS to show the world how to gain reforms without violence, without
killing people and blowing up buildings and doing the other silly
things that men have done when they wanted the laws altered. The
Suffragists issued leaflets, collecting petitions and held meetings.
They also met with politicians and argued their case. At election
times they helped any candidate who supported women's suffrage. By
1900 more than half MP's said they wanted to give the vote to women.
Millicent Fawcett said that her movement was 'like a glacier'. It
might be slow moving, but it was powerful and unstoppable. She
believed that in the end and its tactics would get woman the vote. In
1905 The Suffragists, ran meetings in almost all constituencies in the
run-up to the General Election. In 1907, they held their first
procession. In 1908, they led a deputation to see the prime minister.
In 1909, Fawcett held a public debate with her opponents, and in 1910,
The Suffragists raised a petition of 180,000 signatures. These are
examples of the tactics the suffragists used to try and gain the vote
for the women. However The Suffragists used very different tactics to
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Suffragists meant that they preferred to take action by moral force. The name of the other group was the WSPU they were known as the suffragettes. They were members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). Founded in Manchester in 1903 by the Pankhurst family, the approach was very different from the NUWSS. The suffragettes liked to take action with physical force as well as moral force.
The Methods of the Suffragists and Suffragettes The terms "Suffragist" and "Suffragette" began to be used when the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) began to start fighting for the right of women to vote in general elections. Although the two sets of franchise fighters were fighting for the same cause, their methods of doing so were completely different. The Suffragists were peaceful, and were the original members of the NUWSS.
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