Women's Social and Political Union

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political organization suffragette organization women's organization

The Women's Social and Political Union was a leading militant British suffragette organization founded in 1903 that campaigned aggressively for women's right to vote.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Women's Social and Political Union canonical	8
Women’s Social and Political Union	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political organization ⓘ suffragette organization ⓘ women's organization ⓘ
activePeriodEnd	1917 ⓘ
activePeriodStart	1903 ⓘ
campaignFocus	Representation of the People Act 1918 ⓘ surface form: Representation of the People Bill parliamentary reform ⓘ
color	green ⓘ purple ⓘ white ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedAfter	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War
foundedBy	Christabel Pankhurst ⓘ Emmeline Pankhurst ⓘ Sylvia Pankhurst ⓘ
foundedInPlace	Manchester ⓘ
foundedInYear	1903 ⓘ
goal	parliamentary franchise for women on equal terms with men ⓘ women's right to vote in the United Kingdom ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
ideology	militant suffragism ⓘ women's suffrage ⓘ
influenced	later feminist movements in the United Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor	militant tactics in support of women's suffrage ⓘ popularizing the term suffragette ⓘ
motto	Deeds not words ⓘ
movement	British women's suffrage movement ⓘ
notableLeader	Christabel Pankhurst ⓘ Emmeline Pankhurst ⓘ
notableMember	Annie Kenney ⓘ Emily Davison ⓘ Ethel Smyth ⓘ Flora Drummond ⓘ Sylvia Pankhurst ⓘ
opposedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government Home Office ⓘ
politicalPosition	feminist ⓘ liberal ⓘ
publication	Votes for Women ⓘ
subjectOf	histories of the British suffrage movement ⓘ
supportedDuringWar	British war effort in World War I ⓘ
symbol	purple white and green tricolour ⓘ
usedTactic	arson attacks on empty buildings ⓘ chaining to railings ⓘ civil disobedience ⓘ heckling politicians ⓘ hunger strikes in prison ⓘ property damage ⓘ public demonstrations ⓘ window smashing campaigns ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

women's suffrage movement → hasKeyOrganization → Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ

Emmeline Pankhurst → founded → Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ

National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies → distinctFrom → Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ

Christabel Pankhurst → coFounded → Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Women’s Social and Political Union

Christabel Pankhurst → politicalAlignment → Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Women’s Social and Political Union

NWP → inspiredBy → Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ

subject surface form: National Woman's Party

Lucy Burns → memberOf → Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ

Evelyn Sharp (journalist) → memberOf → Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ

subject surface form: Evelyn Sharp

Suffragette → depicts → Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ

Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh → memberOf → Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ