George Cohen
Describe the ways in which the suffragists and suffragettes were different.
Essentially both the suffragists (National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies) and suffragettes (Women’s Social and Political Union) were fighting for the same thing. The thing that makes them different was the methods they used to achieve their political common goal. This common goal was to achieve the right for women to vote, and to improve women’s rights in general. Ultimately they wanted equal rights to men. Each method was effective in its own way, and together they achieved the vote for women aged over 30 in 1918. The suffragists were using peaceful methods such as petitions, holding meetings, protests etc. The suffragettes formed because they thought that the methods of the suffragists were failing, and that a more direct approach was necessary, which meant using any means necessary.
