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In this lesson, students will discuss the organisation of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), examining its leadership, structure, and tactics, as well as the reasons that led the group to adopt militant methods in the struggle for votes for women.
Students will then analyse the influence of key figures, particularly Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, as well as Emily Davison, whose dramatic protest at the 1913 Derby brought national attention to the suffrage cause.
Finally, students will assess the government’s attitudes toward female suffrage up to 1913, considering public statements, policies, arrests, and force-feeding and how official resistance influenced the WSPU’s campaign.
Students will understand the WSPU’s methods and leadership and be able to critically evaluate how state response shaped the women’s suffrage movement before the First World War.
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
- Discuss the organisation of the WSPU and the reasons behind its militancy;
- Analyse the role of Emily Davison and the Pankhursts in the WSPU’s success; and
- Assess the attitudes of the government to female suffrage until 1913.
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