suffrage the right to vote (also franchise)
suffragist a member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) who believed in peaceful, law-abiding protest
suffragette a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), an organisation that sometimes used violence to further its aims
spinster an unmarried woman. The term was used usually to refer to women past the 'marrying age'
militant aggressive
hunger strike making a protest by not eating food
force-feeding making someone eat food, often by passing a tube down the throat
inhumane without pity or compassion
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