#43 The Suffragettes did not win the vote - Ep 7 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

Suddenly, after 1913 votes for women looks inevitable. Not through the chaotic, dying campaign of the suffragettes. But through the political brilliance of Millicent Fawcett and the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies. Their 1913 alliance with the Labour Party changes the whole political balance. Their massive peaceful Pilgrimage of 1913 - from 6 corners of the UK - is great PR. Now Liberal Prime Minister HH Asquith’s blockheaded intransigence over women’s votes is costing his party dearly and letting the Tories in. At the 1915 election all three parties would have been vying to give women the vote. But then… war breaks out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.