Describe The Ways In Which The Actions Of The Suffragists and Suffragettes Were Different

s slightly militant actions began in October 1905 when two members of the WSPU were thrown out of the Free Trade Hall, when Christabel Pankhurst and Anne Kennedy interrupted a large political meeting and questioned the liberal government about the voting rights; after being thrown out, the two were later arrested for spitting at the police and sent to jail for their disturbances. These kind of action were much frowned upon by the Suffragists, who carried on with their traditional methods of canvassing. In 1906 the Liberals came in to power and the WSPU and the NUWSS became confident that they would get the vote, as the Liberals gave the impression hat they were in support for the suffrage movement. Members of the WSPU demonstrated at the House of Commons and many of them were arrested: the Suffragists took the different and more subtle approach of giving out leaflets and got speakers to travel around the centre of London giving speeches, about the movement and what they believed in. In 1907, 3000 women from both groups marched through Hyde park to Exeter hall, this became known as the  Mud March ; this showed similar tactics as they both did the same thing, united. Due to the huge number of united women marching, the event gained hug publiciCHNKWKS pøÿÿÿÿTEXTTEXTš`FDPPFDPPdFDPCFDPCfSTSHSTSHhSTSHSTSHh2SYIDSYIDPhSGP SGP dhINK INK hhBTEPPLC lhBTECPLC „hFONTFONTœh`STRSPLC üh:PRNTWNPR6iºFRAMFRAMðnˆTITLTITLxoDOP DOP Œo years after the two groups split their methods         In the 1860 s there was no major organisations set up, to campaign solely for the women s right to vote, instead an assortment of small groups who made no significant progress. In 1897 the National Union of Women s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) was set up and was led by Mrs Millicent Garret Fawcett; made up of mostly middle to high class women, it s sole aim was to get the vote for women. The NUWSS - commonly known as the Suffragists - used peaceful and law abiding tactics such as speeches, peaceful marches and petitions, by using their group motto:  make haste slowly with persuasion . Through using these tactics the suffragists gained respect; however the group was made up of upper class women and therefore their tactics weren t controversial and thus they rarely gained media attention. Other women felt as if the politicians weren t taking the suffragists seriously, due to lack of direct action and felt as if they had to change their tactics, as they were barley progressing or making any significant difference. Therefore in 1903 Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters formed a breakaway group called the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) - commonly known as the Suffragettes. The Suffragette s motto was 'deeds not words'. Sylvia Pankhurst described their aims: 'To create an impression upon the public throughout the country, to set everyone talking about votes for women, to keep the subject in the press, to leave the government no peace from it'. The Suffragettes, after trying the tactics of the Suffragists - used extreme methods of campaigning which often included violence: this was frowned upon the law abiding, subtle Suffragists. Despite both the groups having the same overall ambition of gaining the voting rights for women, their tactics were very differentty and the women hoped they could use it to try and convince Prime Minister Asquith to put his feelings aside and give the women the vote. At this early stage of the campaign both organisations were similar in there campaign techniques, they both used non-violent tactics. However the WSPU started to use slightly military actions and were a lot more controversial with many of their members being arrested, compared to the more traditional and less radical Suffragists.        The initial similarities between the two groups soon started to disappear; by 1908 the WSPU began to become violent and militant. Their initial resistance to break the law was lost and their outrageous stunts increased; the NUWSS, on the pother hand, still remained peaceful and they began to distance themselves form the WSPU. To gain recruitment and support the NUWSS held a march in June, this was very successful and gained quite a bit of support for the Suffragists. The WSPU also held an event called  Women s Sunday , which was a similar demonstration to the march the NUWSS held - this demonstration was held at Hyde Park to which 500,000 people turned up to. During the demonstration many Suffragettes were arrested, and were held in cells. The Suffragettes were furious with the way the police had been treating some of the WSPU demonstrators, so Mary Leigh and Edith New attacked the Prime Minister s residence at 10 Downing Street, they smashed many windows: they were both sent to prison for 2 months. The WSPU and the NUWSS were both trying to get Asquith on there side, in order to convince him to give women the right to vote. The WSPU were successful in gaining publicity as the press reported in great detail about the large rowdy scenes outside public halls, however due to their violent and militant actions all women were banned from Liberal meetings. The NUWSS however focused on other, more widespread issue, their organisation also grew considerably -both organisations now had a weekly newspaper  votes for women  (WSPU) and  Common Cause  (NUWSS). The NUWSS were worried that the suffragette s violent outbreaks would jeopardize the campaign with their militant approach; despite this the Suffragettes just increased their number of outbreaks, on June 29th 108 WSPU demonstrators and 14 window smashers were arrested in Parliament Square. The WSPU members argued for the members in prison to have the status of  political prisoners , when the women were refused the status, many went on hunger strikes. This worried the government because if all of the women starved it would give them bad publicity, so the women who went on hunger strike were forcefully fed in a brutal manner. The WSPU were forced to stop their violent protesting when the new Conciliation Bill was drafted. In 1910 committee was set up to draw a bill that would get women the vote: the WSPU were forced to stop their violent protesting when the new Conciliation Bill was drafted. .It passed its first two reading but parliament was suspended until November which caused the future of the bill to look unclear. Many outraged suffragettes demonstrated outside the House of Commons. This evolved in to a riot and 150 people, including onlookers claimed they were assaulted by the police. The 18th of November 1910 became known as Black Friday. This led to a procession in 1911 consisting of 60,000 people from both groups called the Women s coronation procession, at this stage despite having very different attitudes towards the campaign, the NUWSS and WSPU still came together on occasions and worked together, if they thought they could achieve something significant. The government was forced to announce the introduction of a new reform bill that would give more men the vote and possibly include women. The NUWSS were satisfied but the WSPU weren t and stopped the truce. Outraged by the lack of movement and being taken off the reform bill, they smashed windows all through the centre of London including Downing, Regent and Oxford Street. The retaliation of the WSPU in comparison to the reluctance to retaliate from the NUWSS shows a clear divide in the two groups and a massive difference in their attitudes. It shows different attitudes and response, a clear difference to 1907 when 300 women marched in a united and peaceful retaliation.        Between 1912 and the start of the war the militant actions of the WSPU intensified; this was a result of postponed discussions for the new reform bill and the defeat of the conciliation bill in the House of Commons. Despite this crushing set back the Suffragists, unlike the Suffragettes still used the same tactics, and did not intensify or become more controversial. The government brought a new law in 1913; the Prisoner s Temporary Discharge for Ill Health Act - this was known as the  Cat and Mouse Act . This meant that the suffragette s tactic to create bad publicity for the government by starving themselves in prison had a downfall. The new law meant that the women weren t force fed and were let out on a special license but had to still complete their sentence: it failed as a measure, though because the women just committed criminal damage when let out. Suffragettes retaliated with a lot of physical action, in stark comparison to the Suffragists who tried to be rational and still followed their original motto -  make haste slowly with persuasion  . The aim of the cat and mouse act was to stop any women becoming martyrs, as this would look very bad for the government and good for the cause; however there was a very famous martyr, who died for the suffrage movement: Emily Wilding Davison - a Suffragette. She tried to grab the reins of the king s horse at the Epsom derby: she died 4 days after the incident due to head injuries, inflicted by the horses hoofs. This act showed how serious the suffragettes were about getting the vote. This was caught on national TV and thousands of people showed up to her funeral. This is a clear symbol of the Suffragettes - hardcore campaigners, who would even sacrifice their own lives, much different to the Suffragists. Despite all of the set backs and the governments un-budging resistance, the NUWSS still acted subtly and carried on using the same methods, as they had at beginning: canvassing and marches. Then in 1914, the Suffragettes marched to Buckingham palace in an attempt to get the kings support; unfortunately it ended in violence and the British public were shocked by the reports - this was also another clear indication and symbol of the Suffragettes hardcore campaigning. It also showed once again how different the tactics of the NUWSS and WSPU was, since being set up the NUWSS barley changed their tactics and their habitual tactics meant that they were rarely in the headlines. The Suffragettes stopped with the start of the First World War; 1000 Suffragettes were released from prison and they quickly disappeared from the front pages. Similarly the Suffragists also stopped protesting for the time being and also concentrated on the War, dedicating their efforts to the workforce instead of their protest.        Despite both of the groups having the same overall ambition and aim - to gain the right to vote, for all women, on the same grounds of men - both groups took very different roots and used very different tactics to do so. The NUWSS - the Suffragists - were very subtle, and as they were mostly made up of upper-class women, they used tactics which reflected what they fought a true women was. These tactics were that of canvassing, marching and generally trying to get their point across in a very runabout way. Despite all the set backs and resistance they encountered over the decades they campaigned over, their tactics remained very much the same and peaceful: they frowned on the breakaway group the WSPU - the Suffragettes - as they thought that there tactics were unfeminine and thought that being so controversial would simply jeopardize their progress. The WSPU started with very similar and peaceful tactics of the NUWSS, but after encountering resistance they decided to become more radical and militant. They started breaking laws and committing acts of criminal damage, although hey continued canvassing and their newspaper, their main energy was put into getting media attention. Overall the main difference in the tactics between the Suffragists and Suffragettes, was the way they retaliated to the resistance they encountered during the campaign. 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