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GCSE History · key term
The Women’s Social and Political Union, led by Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, whose suffragette campaign used increasingly militant tactics.
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Paper 1
Revise: Government responsesThe WSPU suspended militancy while this parliamentary opportunity was being considered. This is important evidence that its tactics were not fixed: the prospect of progress through Parliament could encourage cooperation rather than confrontation.
Do not treat all campaigners alike: the WSPU intensified militancy, while the NUWSS continued constitutional campaigning and developed links with Labour.
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