Didn't achieve vote by 1914
Divided the women's movement; from 1909 onwards, the suffragists distanced themselves from the suffragettes
Suffragette violence turned some MPs and sections of public opinion against female suffrage
Issue of female suffrage was never forgotten
Effective campaigners, publishing poster and leaflets (their newspaper Votes for Women had a circulation of 40,000 by 1914)
Many people admired their courage e.g. some were arrested and some went on hunger strike
Police and government treated them very harshly
Suffragettes were treated harshly in prison and went on hunger strike in protest but the government responded with force-feeding which was painful, degrading and potentially harmful - this gained them support and sympathy;Liberals then introduced the 'Cat and Mouse' Act(1913) - hunger strikers were released in order to recover then returned to finish their sentence

	Created by Kwame Oteng-Adusei about 8 years ago

GCSE History (Britain 1890-1918) Slide Set on Female Suffrage, created by Kwame Oteng-Adusei on 16/02/2016.