The session begins with a study of The Suffragette newspaper to see what evidence it provides us with for who was involved in the suffragette movement. Copies of documents used in the workshop will be sent to you in advance for some preparation work, and for reference during the workshop.
We then go on to examine photographs of various suffragettes taken by the police for the government. The education officer leading the session will discuss what information we can find out about suffragettes from these photographs, and also how reliable they are as evidence - one particularly interesting example lends itself very well to this debate as you will see!
Students are then taken through a selection of documents on individual suffragettes and particular incidents to research what methods the suffragettes used, what the government thought of these activities and how they planned to deal with them. The education officer will bring together their findings to debate the use of militant tactics by the suffragettes and whether this helped or hindered their cause.
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