Women’s Suffrage Glossary - International women’s day
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- Q1rallyto organize or inspire (political gathering)30s
- Q2prominentimportant; famous30s
- Q3coinedinvented for the first time30s
- Q4Anti-Suffrage LeagueFounded by Mary Humphrey Ward in 1908 to campaign against women being granted the vote.30s
- Q5arsonThe act of deliberately setting fire to property with a view to causing extensive damage.30s
- Q6biasedInfluenced or prejudiced against someone or something.30s
- Q7Cat and Mouse ActA colloquial name for the Prisoner's Temporary Discharge of Ill Health Act which permitted suffragettes on hunger strike to be released but re-arrested once well again to complete their sentences.30s
- Q8constitutionalA peaceful, legal way of campaigning, often using recognised 'political' methods such as petitions.30s
- Q9enfranchisementTo be granted the vote or the state of having the vote.30s
- Q10Equal Franchise ActIn 1928, the Equal Franchise Act was passed, granting women aged 21 and over the vote.30s
- Q11force feedingImprisoned suffragettes on hunger strike were sometimes force fed. Being force fed involved a rubber tube being inserted into the throat or nose and liquidised food being poured in.30s
- Q12franchiseThe right to vote in public elections.30s
- Q13hunger strikeSome imprisoned suffragettes went on hunger strike to further raise awareness for their cause.30s
- Q14manifestoA public declaration or proclamation, stating the aims and methods of a campaign group.30s
- Q15militantAggressive and violent behaviour in pursuit of a political cause, favouring extreme or confrontational campaign methods.30s