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The Scottish Suffragettes and the PressViolent Militancy Comes to Scotland

The Scottish Suffragettes and the Press: Violent Militancy Comes to Scotland [With forcible feeding and the “Cat-and-Mouse” Act on one side and bombings, acid attacks and arson on the other, violence had now become an everyday element of newspaper reports. Newspaper correspondence and editorials presented an overwhelming picture of hysterical, screaming suffragette “martyrs” intent on the selfish gratification of their own demands at the sacrifice of all else, and willing to attack the property of ordinary men and women and the heritage of Scotland to achieve this. Coverage of the suffrage question had degenerated into a listing of the latest outrages and there was little discussion of pro-suffrage arguments or the statements of constitutional suffragists. When these groups did attempt to speak out, they were attacked for creating the conditions from which militancy had arisen.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Scottish Suffragettes and the PressViolent Militancy Comes to Scotland

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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017. The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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978-1-137-53833-8
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135 –156
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10.1057/978-1-137-53834-5_7
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Abstract

[With forcible feeding and the “Cat-and-Mouse” Act on one side and bombings, acid attacks and arson on the other, violence had now become an everyday element of newspaper reports. Newspaper correspondence and editorials presented an overwhelming picture of hysterical, screaming suffragette “martyrs” intent on the selfish gratification of their own demands at the sacrifice of all else, and willing to attack the property of ordinary men and women and the heritage of Scotland to achieve this. Coverage of the suffrage question had degenerated into a listing of the latest outrages and there was little discussion of pro-suffrage arguments or the statements of constitutional suffragists. When these groups did attempt to speak out, they were attacked for creating the conditions from which militancy had arisen.]

Published: Jul 2, 2017

Keywords: Force-feeding; Hunger strikes; Cat-and-mouse Act; Militancy

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