London suffragettes

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Christabel, however, was adamant that no person was to be physically harmed. Henry Gordon Selfridge, perhaps in earnest solidarity or to keep his business intact, often flew the Suffragette flag above Selfridges and carried clothing items in their colors. The violent acts by the SPU and others persuaded Parliament to take action—by having the suffragettes arrested. The suffragettes began hunger strikes to continue their activism and as a result were cruelly force-fed to keep them alive, though it had a detrimental effect on their health that helped sway more of the public to their cause in sympathy.

Hoping to curb this, Parliament passed the Cat and Mouse Act in to release the suffragettes when the cycle of starvation and force-feeding damaged their health, but would almost immediately rearrest them once they recovered.

The suffragettes also bombed the prison in to protest the treatment of their members. Processions and demonstrations in London were regular events for the suffragette movement.

In with the coronation of King George V, the WSPU organized its own coronation parade that included 60, women marching to a rally at the Royal Albert Hall in all manner of historical and national costumes.

The beginning of World War I halted much of the militancy of the suffragette movement as efforts were turned instead to supporting the war effort. Suffrage found new allies in Parliament beginning in , and by , the right to vote was extended to women over the age of 30 who were householders, wives of householders, or owners of property. In , the Representation of the People Equal Franchise Act extended the right to vote to all women over the age of John is a regular writer for Anglotopia and its sister websites.

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