Describe the ways in which the methods of the suffragists and the suffragettes were different In this essay I will be describing the different methods which both the suffragists (the NUWSS) and the suffragettes (the WSPU) used during their suffrage campai

Describe the ways in which the methods of the suffragists and the suffragettes were different

In this essay I will be describing the different methods which both the suffragists (the NUWSS) and the suffragettes (the WSPU) used during their suffrage campaigns. I will also be describing how successful they were in these methods and if they weren’t successful, what went wrong for them.
I shall begin by describing the NUWSS. The NUWSS (the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies) was formed in 1897 and was led by Millicent Fawcett. They were the first of the two organisations to begin, and throughout their time of running they brought in around 500,000 supporters with a total annual income of around £45,000. They ran a newspaper named ‘The Common Cause’ and kept in contact with other suffragist organisations, as well as the Labour Party. They only dealt out non-violent acts of campaigning. These included Petitioning Parliament, newspapers, demonstrations and m...