Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley

After finding the documentary 'Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley' I decided to use this to add to my research on the specifics of militant activity including details of individuals and their crimes. I have attached a link to both the documentary and the notes I made on it. I also combined my notes from both the documentary and The British Library website into a table which I have attached as well.

These are the questions that I considered after watching the documentary:

Consider the viewpoint put forward that their increasing militant activity was partly as a result of the government refusing to change their position?
- Bills put forward were continually rejected by Parliament so it is easy to see why they felt the need to amplify the movement and become more militant, as this was the only way the government may possibly take them seriously.
- Churchill was more concerned with gaining support for his party so focused his attention on those who had the vote, not those who didn't. It clearly wasn't a cause worth considering for those in power.

Where does this leave your views about posthumous pardons?
- Helps to support my argument that they should not be pardoned. Although some crimes that they were charged with are not justified, the acts they committed were still crimes and this was the exact point of the militant movement.

Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley - Documentary

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Table