but my grammar and ordering of paragraphs is appauling, please could you help? xxx Throughout most of the 19th and 18th Century, women were classified as inferior to men, and therefore the right to the franchise for women was considered as unacceptable due to the cultural restraints. The Times Newspaper dubbed the two main groups of the era the suffragettes and suffragists, but they were known more officially as the as the NUWSS and the WSPU. In 1889, Millicent Fawcett, a middle class and well-educated woman, becoming the first female doctor in Britain, formed the NUWSS, the party that used more diplomatic methods in comparison to the later WSPU in order to attain the vote. The tactics of the group included petitions, leaflets and posters, peaceful protests and organised meetings, which all provoked a temporary interest from the media. The suffragists clearly stated that they would take no violent action in order to attain the vote, with the statement from Fawcett:
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“to show the world how to gain reforms without killing people and blowing up buildings and doing other silly things that men have done when they wanted the laws altered”. Their motto, “the aim is everything,” perhaps best summarised their less obtrusive methods. The members were usually more working class and were more interested in improving the lot of women as a whole, as well as men, rather than just securing the vote for women. They set up women's hospitals and improved maternity care in their hometowns, and their non-violent methods increased the number of members.
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However, the progress of the NUWSS was slow, and a new branch for the campaign for franchise was formed as the more radical WSPU, led by Emmeline Pankhurst of Manchester. They chained themselves to railings famous example, set fire to mail boxes, smashed windows, and set off crude home made bombs, HECKLed, DISRUTING MEETINGS famous ex, and STONE THROWING. One suffragette member, Emily Davison, died due to throwing herself under the Kings horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby. Though these methods were opposed by the NUWSS and the believed that they were jeopardising their progress by giving them media attention for illegal behaviour, altogether proving that women should not be allowed the vote due to reckless behaviour. On the other hand, the suffragettes did get media attention and public awareness, as they showed how far they would go for women’s rights and the problems it caused. Many women were imprisoned, and force-fed when they went on hunger strikes.
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During World War 1 women willingly took on what were considered jobs for men only, and doing so proved what they were capable of doing in a crisis and in 1918 they finally got the right to vote in a General Election-if they were aged 30, married, householders, occupiers of property with an annual rent five pounds and graduates of universities. Their motto, “deeds not words” also shows their more violent methods.
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