Modern historian Vicky IglikowskiBroad answers the internet's burning questions about the suffragettes. Who were the suffragettes? Were the suffragettes middle class? Why did the suffragettes go on hunger strike? Were the suffragettes terrorists? Were the suffragettes successful? Vicky answers all these questions and more.

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00:00 Intro
00:13 Who were the suffragettes?
00:50 Who started the suffragettes?
01:25 What's the difference between suffragettes and suffragists?
02:19 Why were the suffragettes called the suffragettes?
02:51 Were the suffragettes middle class?
03:55 Who opposed the suffragettes?
04:39 How did the suffragettes protest?
05:31 Were the suffragettes terrorists?
06:04 Why did the suffragettes go on hunger strike?
06:59 Were the suffragettes successful?
07:56 Are the suffragettes still active?