NUWSS - NU Double S

In the same year, women gained the right to vote in local government, and in 1970, the right to vote on school boards. As the government continued to be stubborn about women's suffrage, the movement split into two. In 1997, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Society (NUWSS) was founded in Manchester, led by MG Fawcett, and in 1903, the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded in Manchester, led by E. Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel. The former women were called suffragists and conducted a moderate movement, while the latter women were called suffragettes and conducted a militant movement.

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…そして同年，女性は地方自治体の選挙権を，70年に教育委員会の選挙権を獲得した。　婦人参政権に対する政府の頑迷な姿勢が続くなかで，運動は二つに分裂し，97年にはM.G.フォーセットを中心に〈婦人参政権協会全国同盟National Union of Women’s Suffrage Society(NUWSS)〉が，1903年にはE.パンクハーストとその娘クリスタベルが指導する〈女性社会政治同盟Women’s Social and Political Union(WSPU)〉がマンチェスターに結成された。前者の女性はサフラジストsuffragistとよばれ，穏健な運動を，後者はサフラジェットsuffragetteとよばれ，戦闘的運動を展開した。…

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