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Describe the ways in which the methods of the suffragists and suffragettes were different.
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History Coursework Votes For Women Q2. Describe the ways in which the methods of the suffragists and suffragettes were different The 19th Century campaign for female suffrage was led by two main organisations, which although both had a similar aim of votes for women, used very different tactics and methods in order to publicise their campaigns, gain support, and ensure success. Founded in 1897, the NUWSS, National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (also known as the Suffragists), used peaceful, moderate and law-abiding methods, to achieve their simple aim 'to promote the claim of women to the parliamentary vote on the same terms as it is or my be granted to men'. They did not want the vote for all women; they just wanted women to be on an equal footing as the voting men, and the men who would get it in the future. Mrs Millicent Garrett Fawcett was the President of the NUWSS -...
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