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18 Cards in this Set
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Landslide victory for the Liberal party in the general election - PM Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman supports women's suffrage but MPs are divided.
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February 1906
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Suffragettes protesting in the House of Commons imprisoned, WSPU starts campaign of noisily opposing MPs at by-elections.
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October 1906
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Suffragists' 'Mud March' of 3,000 women through London.
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February 1907
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Herbert Asquith becomes PM - he's against votes for women but tells the women to prove the idea has popular support.
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1908
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Both suffragists and suffragettes organise massive processions through London, Asquith does nothing so suffragettes smash Downing Street windows and chain themselves to railings.
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June 1908
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Split between the NUWSS and WSPU starts - suffragists worried that the suffragettes are making the government hostile to women's suffrage.
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Late 1908
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More suffragettes imprisoned, after they go on hunger strike the government begins force feeding them.
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1909
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Suffragettes call of their violent protests when Asquith agrees to work with them to produce a Conciliation Bill giving women the vote.
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1910
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Black Friday: After the Conciliation Bill begins to stall in Parliament, suffragette protests lead to violent fights with the police in which many women are physically and sexually assaulted by officers.
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18 November 1910
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The suffragettes again call a truce, hoping that the Conciliation Bill will be passed. The Government drops the bill, in favour of one giving men more voting rights. Furious, the suffragettes restart their violence.
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1911
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The suffragettes begin a massive window smashing campaign, leading to many arrests and the WSPU headquarters being raided.
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1912
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Mass hunger strikes in prison responded to with force feeding.
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1912
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Violence increases, eg buildings bombed and burnt down, letter boxes destroyed, race course turf burnt.
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1913
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Government introduces 'Cat and Mouse Act' - hunger striking prisoners released until they were well enough to come back to prison.
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April 1913
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Emily Davison jumps in front of the King's horse at the Epsom Derby.
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4 June 1913
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Emily Davison dies in hospital.
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8 June 1913
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As suffragette violence escalates, public opinion is firmly against suffragettes. Women banned from art galleries and museums for fear of slashing paintings.
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1914
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When WWI begins, both the suffragettes and suffragists call of their protesting activities and help the war effort. The Government releases all imprisoned suffragettes.
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July 1914
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