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GCSE History · key term
A campaigner for women’s voting rights associated with peaceful, constitutional methods, particularly the NUWSS.
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Paper 2
A campaigner for women’s voting rights associated with peaceful, lawful methods, particularly the NUWSS.
Revise: Women’s RightsIn 1897, Millicent Fawcett brought campaigning groups together in the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). Its members became known as suffragists. They used lawful, non-violent methods: distributing leaflets, holding meetings and marches, and persuading MPs from different parties to support their cause.
Paper 2
Revise: The Rise of Labour and the Women’s Suffrage MovementIn 1897, Millicent Fawcett brought together campaigning organisations in the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, or NUWSS. Its members became known as suffragists.
Paper 1
A campaigner for women’s voting rights using peaceful, constitutional methods, associated particularly with the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies.
Distinguish the suffragists’ peaceful, lawful campaigning from the suffragettes’ militant methods, using named organisations and examples.
Distinguish the peaceful NUWSS suffragists from the militant WSPU suffragettes. Both sought women’s parliamentary voting rights.
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