Suffragette bombing and arson campaign
Suffragettes in Great Britain and Ireland orchestrated a bombing and arson campaign between the years 1912 and 1914. The campaign was instigated by the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), and was a part of their wider campaign for women's suffrage. The campaign, led by key WSPU figures such as Emmeline Pankhurst, targeted infrastructure, government, churches and the general public, and saw the use of improvised explosive devices, arson, letter bombs, assassination attempts and other forms of direct action and violence.
Suffragette bombing and arson campaign Two suffragette bombs, which were defused before they could detonate, on display at the City of London Police Museum in 2019 TypeSingle-issue terrorism (§ Classification as terrorism) Location United Kingdom (including Ireland) TargetGovernment, infrastructure, churches, the public ObjectiveAchieve votes for women DateJune 1912 – August 1914 Executed byWomen's Social and Political Union (WSPU) Outcome Stalemate, outbreak of World War I halts campaign Casualties 4+ killed (including one suffragette)[1] 24+ injured (including two…
saved by
related reading
- washingtonpost.com: Unabomber Special Reportwashingtonpost.com
- Rosa Luxemburg - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Lucretia Mott - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- 1993 Bombay bombings - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Nazi book burnings - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Bloomsbury Group - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Edwardian era - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferryen.wikipedia.org
- ラッダイト運動 - Wikipediaja.wikipedia.org
- Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Maud Gonne - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- United Black Youth League - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org