Understanding the Suffragette Movement and the Cat-and-Mouse Act

Who was the first suffragette to initiate a hunger strike?

• Mary Richardson

• Emmeline Lawrence

• Marion Wallace Dunlop

• Emmeline Pankhurst

What was the main reason Marion Wallace Dunlop went on a hunger strike?

• Protest against voting rights

• Demand for better food in prison

• Refusal to be treated as a political prisoner

• Demand for immediate release

What led to the enactment of the Cat-and-Mouse Act?

• Violent protests by suffragettes

• Public petitions

• Hunger strikes by suffragette prisoners

• Legal demands from international bodies

What was the public's reaction to the force-feeding of suffragettes?

• Indifference

• Increased funding for prisons

• Widespread support

• Public relations disaster for the government

How did force-feeding affect the suffragettes physically?

• Long-term health problems

• Temporary discomfort

• Improved health

• No significant effects

What was the government's initial solution to suffragettes' hunger strikes?

• Negotiation and policy changes

• Force-feeding

• Immediate release of all prisoners

• Ignorance of the strikes

What was the primary purpose of the Prisoners' Temporary Discharge for Ill Health Act?

• To manage the cycle of hunger strikes and recovery

• To provide better healthcare in prisons

• To punish suffragettes further

• To release prisoners permanently

How did suffragettes use the Cat-and-Mouse Act in their propaganda?

• By demanding its repeal

• By ignoring its implications

• By depicting it in posters

• By criticizing the government

What did the government hope to avoid by enacting the Cat-and-Mouse Act?

• Financial costs of imprisonment

• International criticism

• Further hunger strikes

• Suffragettes becoming martyrs

What was the outcome when suffragettes were released under the Cat-and-Mouse Act?

• They left the country

• They were immediately re-imprisoned

• They stopped protesting

• They often evaded re-arrest