USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Surviving medals The Museum of London holds the medal awarded to the suffragette leader Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst who went on hunger strike during a two-month prison sentence in 1912 for throwing a stone at a window of 10 Downing Street.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hunger striking was an important propaganda tool for imprisoned suffragettes. Winson Green prison, Birmingham, was one of the first prisons in the country to practise force feeding. Hunger strikes were carried out by imprisoned suffragettes because they were not given the status of political prisoners.

Detailed explanation-3: -Her organization focused on “deeds, not words, ” and used public demonstrations and acts of militancy to tip public opinion in favour of equal suffrage. Pankhurst also frequently lectured on women’s suffrage.

Detailed explanation-4: -The campaign, led by key WSPU figures such as Emmeline Pankhurst, targeted infrastructure, government, churches and the general public, and saw the use of improvised explosive devices, arson, letter bombs, assassination attempts and other forms of direct action and violence.