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What did the suffragettes protest about?
They were campaigning for women's suffrage (hence the name) - suffrage is the right to vote in elections.
When were the suffragettes formed?
The suffragettes were first formed in 1903, by a group of suffragists who were frustrated by the lack of progress being made. The group was led by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel.
What was the suffragettes aim?
to get for women the vote. Feelings about this were so strong that Emily Davidson, to publicize the movement, ran out onto a horse racing track during a race, was trampled to death.
What violence did the suffragettes use?
lots: Setting fire to postboxes and derby stands; protests; smashing windows; chaining themselves to the Buckingham Palace Gates amongst other individuals doing things like running in front of horses and hunger strikes in prison and hiding the commons on census night.
How did the aims of the suffragettes and the suffragists differ?
They didn't. Both groups wanted the same thing, to achieve votes for women, they just went about getting it in different ways. The Suffragists were more peaceful, and the Suffragettes were violent.
Why were the suffragettes not allowed to vote?
Suffragettes alone weren't allowed to vote, all women could not vote. Suffragettes were only women who were protesting the lack of the right to vote.
What is the Australian suffragettes?
the aussie suffragettes were a group of wemon wanting the right to vote
Did the suffragettes win the vote?
yes
What did women gain the right to vote?
The Suffragettes
How did people join the suffragettes?
While there were societies and associationsof suffragettes, suffragettes were simply women who actively supported granting women the vote. To join was simply to do.
How are suffragettes better than suffragists?
The suffragettes (female) did not have the right to vote (prior to the enactment of the 19th amendment). Men (including minorities) did have the right to vote. By the early 1900s, women were still being excluded from this right, however.
What did the suffer jets do?
Suffragettes fought for the right for women to vote.
How old do suffragettes have to be to vote?
when women got the vote after WW1 they had to be married and over thirty years old.
Why the suffragettes formed?
so that women could win the right to vote! (The term for the right to vote is "suffrage".)
How did the Suffragettes break the law?
they did but were trying to change it so they could vote.
What were women who supported the right to vote called?
In Britain they were Suffragettes, led by Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst & her daughters, Sylvia & Christobel.
People who fought for the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment were called?
They were called suffragettes. == == == ==
