Did Suffragettes Blow up Houses?

Did Suffragettes Blow up Houses?

' In the early stages of the campaign, militants had confined their attacks to government property, but from 1911 onwards had begun to attack private property. ... In 1913 the militants began a concerted arson campaign, which included setting fire to residential houses, golf courses, schools and even churches.

What did suffragettes blow up?

The suffragettes targeted property and infrastructure, not civilians – setting fire to postboxes, breaking telegraph cables, smashing shop windows, attacking artworks and exhibits in museums and galleries, and carrying out arson and bomb attacks on buildings of public significance.

Did the suffragettes burn down churches?

London, United Kingdom. St. Catherine's Church, Hatcham, London, burnt down by suffragettes on 6 May 1913. A comparatively new church, just twenty years old, it was destroyed in just over an hour.

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