The suffragettes are often used (poorly) to justify bad behaviour by activists. Although it's true that suffragette protests were more memorable than that of the broader suffragist movement, it's not obvious to me that they were more influential? www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-4...
I suspect the protest tactics that are the most effective will at least seem to target those responsible, and not target unrelated ancient monuments and artworks? Yes, such tactics have been used for popular causes, but that doesn't mean they helped. www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...
It's that difficult issue that protest that is too mild doesn't get talked back, but protest that is too inflammatory will often do more to generate backlash rather than further the cause slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/t...
It seems hard to disentangle the effect of the suffragist movement, the controversal suffragette protests, and the impact of WWI? How might altering the balance of these factors have impacted on the the year by which women got the vote? www.parliament.uk/about/living...
From the late 18th century, some people advocated rights for women as citizens equal to that of men