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The Suffragettes & The Suffragists The Suffragettes and The Suffragists were two parties which campaigned to let women have the right to vote, and the same political rights as men however, they had very different ways of approaching this. The suffragists used non-violent direct action in their quest for the vote, whilst the Suffragettes used direct and at times militant action to aid their cause. By 1887, societies called the WSPU and the NUWSS had been set up by people such as Lydia Becker and Millicent Fawcett. The NUWSS sent letters to politicians, organised petitions, published newspapers and distributed free literature. The NUWSS did not only campaign for the vote; they stood to help other causes aswell, such as the prevention of white slavery. Members of the NUWSS felt they were restricted and were no longer willing to restrict itself to the constitutional methods being applied. Because of this,...

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