A debate on whether the suffragettes were terrorists

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Professor June Purvis writes for a debate on whether the suffragettes were terrorists. (SSHLS)

Period	6 Feb 2018

Title	Letter bombs and IEDs: Were the suffragettes terrorists?
Media name/outlet	Sky News
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	6/02/18
Description	Suffragettes used a wide variety of methods to force politicians to embrace their cause of votes for women, including arson attacks on post boxes and bombing the chancellor's house. Here, two historians say whether they should be judged today as terrorists.
URL	https://news.sky.com/story/women-would-have-got-the-vote-earlier-if-not-for-suffragette-terrorists-11227772
Persons	June Purvis