the suffragettes

ashed, telephone wires were cut, they tore up golf greens and poured acid on them and they slashed paintings in the national Gallery and Manchester Art Gallery. They set fire to the contents of port boxes and broke lampposts and caused great arson to the houses of MPs and other public buildings. Emily Davison, a suffragette, threw herself under the King’s horse at the Derby and was fatally injured.
When arrested, they would respond by going on hunger strike while in prison. The prison authorities forcibly fed many. This caused public outrage. The government passed a new law that became known as the Cat and Mouse Act. Hunger strikers would be released when they became dangerously ill and were re-arrested as soon as they were strong again.
SOURCE D, part of a book called ‘My own story’ by Emmeline Pankhurst, shows us why they decided these tactics helped them. She tells of how the suffragist method brought no improvements. She goes on to say how they will now fight for their co...