Today’s desk checklist 9/2/23

• Reading Book and Class notes

Book
• Laptop  HUMS VLE  Topic
2  3. Did Suffragette ‘Direct
Action’ Help or Hinder their Did Suffragette ‘Direct Action’
Cause?
• Planner Help or Hinder their Cause?
• Pencil case WALT analyse sources to evaluate the methods used by the
Suffragettes
• Get all of your equipment out
WILF
and write the date, title and
All will describe methods used by the Government to deal
WALT in your books.
with the Suffragettes.
Key terms Most will compare and contrast viewpoints and make links
Direct Action – the use of public forms of
protest rather than negotiation
between them.
Hindered – make difficult Some will explain, using evidence, whether the violence
Forced Feeding – feeding someone against helped or hindered the cause.
their will
Sympathisers - a person who agrees with or
supports a sentiment, opinion, or ideology.
Starter Discussion Task: You are going to see a series of
statements displayed below. As a class, you will vote on
whether they are Suffragist words or Suffragette words. Good
luck!

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How Did the Government React to the
Suffragettes?
These images come from 1910 when thousands of women marched on
Parliament to demand rights. It’s called ‘Black Friday.’ Why do you think
it got its name?
How Did the Government React to the
Suffragettes? Arrests of Suffragettes
Many Suffragettes were arrested for their violent actions, with over 1,000
women put in prison during the movement's lifetime. Never before had
women been arrested on this scale, and it certainly heightened the publicity
afforded to the Suffragettes.
An example was in 1910 on "Black Friday" where many women marched on
Parliament to protest. Over 150 women were injured. Some were permanently
disabled and two died from injuries. Many were also assualted by police, who
had been instructed to use force so that the women would never try this type
of protest again.
1) Why did the arrests of women make the
news?
2) Suffragettes were usually offered a fine or
jail. Why do you think they asked for jail?
 PITSTOP

Suffragettes were usually offered a fine or jail. Why do you think they asked for
jail?

WALT analyse sources to evaluate the methods used by the Suffragettes

WILF
All will describe methods used by the Government to deal with the Suffragettes.
Most will compare and contrast viewpoints and make links between them.
Some will explain, using evidence, whether the violence helped or hindered the cause.
Spot the difference
 Spot the difference Here, the arm has
been removed from
the final, published
image.

This suffragette refused to pose for a photo in prison, so

she had to be restrained in front of the camera by a
policeman.
How Did the Government React to the
Suffragettes? Surveillance and Monitoring
In 1912, Scotland Yard bought their first camera and used it to take
pictures of suffragette women. These images were posted in public
places, warning people to look out for them. Some who refused to be
photographed in prison would be held up and forced to look at the
camera.
1) How did the Police keep an eye on dangerous suffragettes?
2) Why do you think the arm was removed from this image?
 PITSTOP

Why do you think the arm was removed from this image?

WALT analyse sources to evaluate the methods used by the Suffragettes

WILF
All will describe methods used by the Government to deal with the Suffragettes.
Most will compare and contrast viewpoints and make links between them.
Some will explain, using evidence, whether the violence helped or hindered the cause.
How Did the Government React to the
Suffragettes? Forced Feeding
What is going on in this picture?
• Hint: What did some women
choose to do as a protest while
in prison?
How Did the Government React to the
Suffragettes? Forced Feeding
Many women who were in prison went on hunger strikes. In order to
react to this, the government ordered prisons to force the women to
eat. When women refused, they were force-fed. This involved 2-3
people holding the woman down, sometimes strapping her in a chair.
They would then take a funnel and feed the tube down the women's
throat. In the funnel they would then pour a mixture of bread and
eggs all ground down, something that would give the body nutrients
and keep the women alive. Prisons were afraid that if the women died,
this would make the government look bad.
Unfortunately for prisons, this did make the government look awful
and it raised a lot of publicity for women who were seen as suffering
for their beliefs. Even King George V asked for this practice to be
stopped!
1) Describe what forced feeding was.
2) Why do you think prisons did this?
3) Did everyone support this action?
 PITSTOP

Did everyone support the government’s policy of force feeding Suffragette

prisoners?

WALT analyse sources to evaluate the methods used by the Suffragettes

WILF
All will describe methods used by the Government to deal with the Suffragettes.
Most will compare and contrast viewpoints and make links between them.
Some will explain, using evidence, whether the violence helped or hindered the cause.
How Did the Government React to the
Suffragettes? The Cat and Mouse Act
Introduced by Henry Asquith and the Liberal Government, the Act was
brought in because of the complaints from councils about the cruelty of
force feeding. Public opinion was against the idea of women being force
fed. To deal with this, suffragette prisoners who were on hunger strikes
would be released until they were in better health and would then be re-
arrested! If they started starving themselves, they would be released...then
re-arrested when they got better!
This became known by suffragettes as the CAT AND MOUSE ACT, as you
can see from this suffragette propaganda poster.
1) Describe what the act did.
2) Why was it brought in?
3) Who does the cat represent?
4) How is the woman being shown. Does this tell us the person who made
this image supported or disliked the Act?
 PITSTOP

Link all that you have learned back to the title question – Did Suffragette ‘Direct
Action’ help or hinder their cause?

WALT analyse sources to evaluate the methods used by the Suffragettes

WILF
All will describe methods used by the Government to deal with the Suffragettes.
Most will compare and contrast viewpoints and make links between them.
Some will explain, using evidence, whether the violence helped or hindered the cause.
Did Suffragette ‘Direct Action’ Help or
Hinder their Cause?
We now need to study the impact of the violent, militant actions of the
Suffragettes.
Draw a small table like this in your books.
Arguments showing they HELPED the Arguments showing they HINDERED the
Cause Cause
No more than 7-8 lines

Using the sources on the following slide, study the opinions and sources
there and start adding important arguments into both sides of your table.
Do any opinions surprise you? Why? Is it who said the words or what was
said?
 PITSTOP

Update your answer - Did Suffragette ‘Direct Action’ help or hinder their cause?

WALT analyse sources to evaluate the methods used by the Suffragettes

WILF
All will describe methods used by the Government to deal with the Suffragettes.
Most will compare and contrast viewpoints and make links between them.
Some will explain, using evidence, whether the violence helped or hindered the cause.
Plenary - Think about the scales and how they should balance. Which
way should they tip? Do you think the Suffragettes were right to use
violence to try to achieve their goals?
No, the violence used by Yes, the Suffragettes were
the Suffragettes harmed right to use violent
their campaign methods