"malnourishment" - 1 õppematerjal

Victorian life - Briti ajalugu

quickly as possible. To illustrate their more militant stance, they adopted the slogan "Deeds, not words". Many of the suffragettes were imprisoned for their violent and vandalizing actions. In prison, they started a hunger strike and were force fed by the guards. The authorities' policy of force feeding won the suffragettes great sympathy from the public. The government passed a law that allowed the release of prisoners who were about to die from malnourishment. A new suffrage bill was introduced in 1910, but growing impatient, the WSPU launched a heightened campaign of protest in 1912 on the basis of targeting property and avoiding violence against any person. Initially this involved smashing shop windows, but ultimately escalated to burning stately homes and bombing public buildings including Westminster Abbey. It also famously led to the death of Emily Davison as she was trampled by the King's