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The Relationship Between the Suffragettes and the Police
The relationship between the suffragettes and police was something called the cat and mouse act. Can you explain what that was and what it meant for their interactions? There were a number of suffragettes who were hunger striking in jail. This was causing the government a real public relations campaign problem, because they didn't want martyrs being created in jail.
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