Talk:Women's Social and Political Union

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A bit of googleing shows that the WSPU flag is a horizontal triband of (top to bottom) green, white, and purple, often with the words "VOTES FOR WOMEN" written on the three stripes. In the form of a shield or badge, the central white bar is often converted to a chevron. There were, however, a number of other patterns in the colours. Here's a hunger strike medal with the colours on the ribbon. 71.41.210.146 (talk) 06:23, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Surely this was a "terrorist" organisation? And yet this isn't mentioned in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.68.191.92 (talk) 09:55, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was the leading militant organisation campaigning for Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, 1903–1917. Its membership and policies were tightly controlled by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia (although Sylvia broke away). It was best known for hunger strikes (and forced feeding), for breaking windows in prominent buildings, and for night-time arson of unoccupied houses and churches. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philipbower647 (talk • contribs) 13:44, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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At this time of the 2021 Census it would be of topical interest to mention if the organisation had a part in instigating non-co-operation with the 1911 Census then being collected. I understand as part of the protest some women went out on all night gatherings designed to avoid being listed under their usual homes where a man would have gone on record as head of household while Emily Davison successfully contrived to get herself into the Palace of Westminster and stay the night in the building intending to hid in a cupboard to avoid being recorded on the census but she was entered after a cleaner found and reported her, and her lodgings' landlady had entered her on the form back at home as resident that day.Cloptonson (talk) 09:47, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cloptonson The 2021 Census is not across the whole country (e.g. Scotland's is 2022). But in 1911, the Women's Freedom League also supported the 'boycott' of the census as non-violent protest and as it was the 'head of household' who had to give the information on the form, and women could not hold that role, and some sympathetic heads of households refused to enter their female members on the form or 'spoiled' their paper. If you are editing it into this article, suggest a link to the sections already mentioning it on the census page Census_in_the_United_Kingdom#section=6 and and the reference cited from National Archives in Joan Cather which has an image of the form ^[1] and add wikilinks to e.g. Irene_and_Hilda_Dallas and 1911 census boycott organisers Laurence_Housman#The_Census_Protest and Jessie_Stephenson. Thanks Kaybeesquared (talk) 11:54, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]