Suffragettes - Brief Notes

♀The Suffragettes
It was important for women to get the vote because then they could change the laws that were discriminating against them. When women had received the vote they would vote for the MP that will represent their views in Parliament. Wanted same pay as men.
WAYS OF ACHEIVING CHANGE
Petitions
Strikes
Direct Action (e.g. - blockades)
Demonstrate (e.g. - march, hunger strikes)
Referendum
Boycott.
ALLTHESE METHODS NEED SUPPORT AND A LEADER.
Peaceful
-Advantages
1.Unlikely to lose supporters
2.Passive resistance can gain respect and dignity for your cause by not reacting…