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 ⓘ