The suffragists believed in moderate, peaceful tactics or ‘peaceful persuasion to win the vote for middle class women and were nicknamed ‘The Suffragists’ . Their membership was around 53,000 by 1914 and they reached agreements of mutual support with some male Trade Unions and the new Labour Party . Millicent Fawcett argued that if Parliament made laws and if women had to obey those laws, then women should be part of the process of making those laws . The peaceful protests that the Suffragists engaged in showed them to be responsible, supporting the idea that women should gain the right to vote. Peaceful campaigning won they support from different groups, including some male MPs . Although the suffragists did manage to convert certain members
