History and Hearsay

Force Feeding Suffragettes!?!

Christina Season 2 Episode 20

► In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing suffragette hunger strikes AND force feeding! 

TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:21 - Women’s Suffrage Unions/Groups

2:24 - From Peaceful to Militant

3:10 - Hunger Strikes & Forced Feedings

5:52 - Lady Constance Lytton

10:48 - The Cat & Mouse Act

13:30 - WWI changes minds

18:09 - The 1918 Act - Men couldn’t vote either! 

19:44 - The 1923 Act


► THESE VIDEOS ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY,  Based on actual events.

 ►Sources:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/edwardian/cat-mouse-force-feeding-suffragettes-hunger-strike/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4812186/Hunger-striking-suffragettes-pictured-rare-images.html
https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/case-study-the-right-to-vote/the-right-to-vote/birmingham-and-the-equal-franchise/1918-representation-of-the-people-act/
https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/overview/thevote/ 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_(Equal_Franchise)_Act_1928
https://www.historyextra.com/period/edwardian/what-life-like-women-edwardian-britain/ 
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-48459860
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-44210012