British Suffrage Outline

Attention Getter:

Nice pictures of suffragettes vs violent pictures

Credibility:

My name is Ally, and I wasn’t a suffragette in early 20th century, but I am a woman who can vote.

Thesis:

Although it might seem like militancy and violence hurt the British women’s suffrage movement, the suffragette’s actions were actually justified.

Body:

1. Non-Violence
1. Brief explanation - NUWSS vs WSPU
2. Pamphlet
1. “Because” repeated and bolded
2. Simile (women = children)
3. Poster
1. Hierarchy (woman vs convict & lunatic)
4. Comic Frame
2. Defying traditional femininity
1. Suffrage quote
2. The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
3. Suffragettes seen as bad
1. Fallacy: appeal to fear
2. NUWSS against them
1. “Law-abiding citizens” picture
1. Full and long shot
4. Militancy justified
1. Only selves in danger
1. Pankhurst quote
2. Hunger strike poster
1. Oblique and dull colors
2. Fighting fire with fire
1. Black Friday picture
1. Oblique, high angle

Conclusion:

Thesis:

Though it may not seem like it, the militant suffragettes in the British Suffrage Movement were justified in their actions.

Clincher:

Old white dudes should’ve listened to the women.

References:

Bouvard, Marguerite Guzman. Revolutionizing Motherhood: The Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo. SR Books, 1994.

Purvis, June, et al. “Did Militancy Help or Hinder the Granting of Women’s Suffrage in Britain?” Women’s History Review, vol. 28, no. 7, Dec. 2019, pp. 1200–1234. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/09612025.2019.1654638.

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