... days later the Daily Mirror reported on how badly the women were treated, how their arms were twisted and almost broken. That day, November 18 had become known as the Black Friday which also marked the end of the suffragettes' peaceful struggle. Suffragettes used peaceful methods to try and gain the franchise from 1860-1912, without getting anywhere. They were unable ... released. Since there had been a big concern about force-feeding, the government had to find another way of dealing with the suffragettes. They passed a new law that was nicknamed the Cat and Mouse Act, which allowed a ...

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