SUFFERING FOR SUFFRAGE
May 13, 2021
3 minutes
WORDS: EMMA SLATTERY WILLIAMS
The early years of campaigning for women’s suffrage was largely law-abiding, but with the formation of the militant Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903, more radical campaigning tactics began to be deployed, particularly from around 1908 onwards. Consequently, WSPU members soon started to feel the long arm of the law.
Fines were often handed out for crimes such as vandalism and disrupting the peace, with many
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