1. At first the WSPU campaigned peacefully…

2. As militancy increased after 1906, clashes with the police became common

3. Suffragettes being arrested (much to the amusement of passers by and small boys):

4. Damage to Property…
Charred remains of a race course pavilion after a Suffragette arson attack

5. Suffragettes on Trial
Before a jury of men at Bow Street Magistrates Court: Emmeline Pankhurst is on the right

6. Emmeline Pankhurst in Prison Uniform
Mrs Pankhurst stated: “We are here not because we are law breakers but because we wish to become law makers.”

7. Suffragette Propaganda

8. Anti-Suffragette Propaganda!

9. Political reaction
Politicians like Lloyd George had been sympathetic to votes for women; he changed his mind after his house was fire-bombed!
After almost being assaulted by Suffragettes in Aberdeen, (right) Churchill claimed: “their cause had marched backwards.”

10. Emily Wilding Davison: a Martyr for the cause…