The Suffragettes' campaign for women's rights really showed the government and society what women were capable of, and that they weren't just there to live in a man's world, with laws set by men and governments elected by men. In 1903, Emmiline Pankhurst's patience finally ran out. Tired of being pleasant to MP's in order to get them to give women the vote; she called for more militant action. 'Deeds, not words' was to be the motto of the W.S.P.U. – Women's Social and Political Union, set up by Emmiline and her three daughters, Christabel, Sylvia and Adela. This meant that the Suffragettes were prepared to use violence to put their views across. A savage struggle was to follow on the basis of that motto. They were women of principal and pursued their goal with great passion, determination and fortitude.
             They were different to the previous 'Suffragists' party, led by Millicent Fawcett, who campaigned peacefully. The Suffragists did not agree with the use of violence and marched through the streets holding rallies rather than rioting.
             However, the Suffragettes were willing to take much more brutal action. They protested that the government cared more about material objects than it did people, and so they decided to attack property. They set fire to public buildings, refused to give the government money through taxation, caused riots. They seemed to think that the government would give them the vote simply to stop the violence.
             In 1906, Christabel Pankhurst and her colleague spat in a policemen's face. They were arrested for assault and sentenced to seven days in jail or they would have to pay a fine. They both refused to pay, meaning that they were the first women to go to jail for a political cause. As far as they (and the movement) were concerned, it was jail or votes for women. As time went on, there were hundreds more arrests and imprisonments.
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