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It true to say that the splits within the WSPU arose primarily because of the intransigent and despoticleadership of the Pankhursts
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Katy Fullilove 28/11/05 Is it true to say that the splits within the WSPU arose primarily because of the intransigent and despotic leadership of the Pankhursts? The Pankhurst family's dictatorial and uncompromising style of leadership led many members who disagreed with their ideas to split with the WSPU. On the other hand, the members in question could be accused of knowing what they were letting themselves in for and then deliberately contradicting party policy. It could be said that the 1907 split, involving Teresa Billington-Greig, Charlotte Despard and Emmilene Pankhurst was caused by the first two deliberately going against the grain of the WSPU. Although the WSPU was willing to accept any woman when it was first founded in 1903, by 1907 it had begun to concentrate more on enfranchising upper-class and wealthy women with property qualifications. Charlotte Despard and Teresa Billington-Greig believed that it was wrong for the WSPU to turn its back...
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