The Suffragists were a woman's rights movement in the latter half of the Victorian Era and the beginning of the 20th century. The Suffragists should not be confused with the Suffragettes, who were a different woman's rights group at the same time. The Suffragettes and the Suffragists were both woman's rights campaigners.
Their main focus was on trying to achieve the vote for women. In other words, their main focus was in trying to enfranchise women. They differed in their approach in how to achieve the vote. The Suffragettes wanted to achieve votes for women through more militant means. The Suffragists wanted to achieve the vote through more peaceful means. The Suffragists were founded in 1897, by Millicent Fawcett. Millicent Fawcett founded the Suffragists in 1897 by creating the group, The National Union of Woman's Suffrage Societies (NWSS). In this blog post, we are going to look at five interesting facts about the Suffragists. 1. Who should get the vote The Suffragists didn't campaign for all women to have the vote. They only campaigned for a specific type of women to have the vote. They mainly wanted the vote formiddle-class property owning women. Needless to say, even though the Suffragists were campaigning to get the vote for middle-class women, they weren't the only who supported the Suffragists. The Suffragists were mainly made up of middle-class women, however, some Suffragists wanted the Suffragists to appeal to working class women. They were also supported by a few men... 2. Some men supported the Suffragists Some men also supported the Suffragists. They were not just supported by women. Or, middle-class women. There weremale supporters of the women's suffrage movement. There were male supporters of both the Suffragette movement and the Suffragist movement. There were even some male militant campaigners in the suffrage movement. There were male supporters in the public and male supporters in parliament. There were well known male members who were MPs in the House of Commons who supported the Suffragists. Such as John Stuart Mill, not only was John Stuart Mill a prominent philosopher, he was also the first person in parliament to call for women's suffrage. TheSuffragists took one of their petitions to John Stuart Mill. Some would argue that it was this kind of diplomacy which won women the vote, rather than the militant Suffragette approach.
3. Peaceful protesting
The Suffragists, compared to their counterparts, the Suffragettes, preferred peaceful protesting, to militant actions. Their campaign was largely centered around trying to gain the vote by using peaceful means. It can be said the Suffragists tried to win men over by using peaceful means, rather than alienate men with militant practices - like the Suffragettes often did. The Suffragists used peaceful methods of protest such as; petitions, writing and peaceful protests. 4. Many men already had the vote When the Suffragists were campaigning to get the vote, many men already had secured the right to vote. By 1900, most men already could vote. In other words, by 1900, 58% of men could vote. Yet at the same time, woman could not vote. This led to the birth of the women's suffrage movement. The Suffragists, however, were not campaigning for all women to get the vote. They were campaigning for only some women to get the vote, namely middle-class women.
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