Women's Social and Political Union

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The Women's Social and Political Union was a leading militant British suffragette organization founded in 1903 that campaigned aggressively for women's right to vote.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political organization
suffragette organization
women's organization
activePeriodEnd 1917
activePeriodStart 1903
campaignFocus Representation of the People Bill
parliamentary reform
color green
purple
white
country United Kingdom
dissolvedAfter First World War
linked to: World War I
foundedBy Christabel Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst
Sylvia Pankhurst
foundedInPlace Manchester
foundedInYear 1903
goal parliamentary franchise for women on equal terms with men
women's right to vote in the United Kingdom
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
ideology militant suffragism
women's suffrage
influenced later feminist movements in the United Kingdom
knownFor militant tactics in support of women's suffrage
popularizing the term suffragette
motto Deeds not words
movement British women's suffrage movement
notableLeader Christabel Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst
notableMember Annie Kenney
Emily Davison
Ethel Smyth
Flora Drummond
Sylvia Pankhurst
opposedBy British government
linked to: UK government

Home Office
politicalPosition feminist
liberal
publication Votes for Women
subjectOf histories of the British suffrage movement
supportedDuringWar British war effort in World War I
symbol purple white and green tricolour
usedTactic arson attacks on empty buildings
chaining to railings
civil disobedience
heckling politicians
hunger strikes in prison
property damage
public demonstrations
window smashing campaigns

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women's suffrage movement hasKeyOrganization Women's Social and Political Union
Emmeline Pankhurst founded Women's Social and Political Union
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies distinctFrom Women's Social and Political Union
Christabel Pankhurst coFounded Women’s Social and Political Union
linked to: Women's Social and Political Union
Christabel Pankhurst politicalAlignment Women’s Social and Political Union
linked to: Women's Social and Political Union
National Woman's Party inspiredBy Women's Social and Political Union
subject linked to: NWP
Lucy Burns memberOf Women's Social and Political Union
Evelyn Sharp memberOf Women's Social and Political Union
subject linked to: Evelyn Sharp (journalist)
Suffragette depicts Women's Social and Political Union
Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh memberOf Women's Social and Political Union
Emily Davison memberOf Women's Social and Political Union
Emily Davison employer Women's Social and Political Union
Mary Richardson memberOf Women's Social and Political Union
Mary Richardson employedBy Women's Social and Political Union
Charlotte Despard memberOf Women's Social and Political Union
Charlotte Despard founded Battersea branch of the Women's Social and Political Union
linked to: Women's Social and Political Union
Flora Drummond memberOf Women's Social and Political Union
Ethel Smyth memberOf Women's Social and Political Union
Votes for Women publisher Women's Social and Political Union
Votes for Women mainOrganOf Women's Social and Political Union
Votes for Women affiliatedWith Women's Social and Political Union
NUWSS distinguishedFrom Women’s Social and Political Union
linked to: Women's Social and Political Union
Annie Kenney memberOf Women's Social and Political Union
Annie Kenney employer Women's Social and Political Union
Adela Pankhurst memberOf Women's Social and Political Union
East London Federation of Suffragettes separatedFrom Women's Social and Political Union
Unshackled: The Story of How We Won the Vote about Women's Social and Political Union
Women's Tax Resistance League associatedWith Women's Social and Political Union