And suffragettes put bombs in mailboxes and threw their bodies under horses. 2nd wave feminists were far more "anti-man" than modern feminists (there aren't too many political lesbians nowadays). The "peaceful protest" that people recall so fondly rarely was so peaceful but is instead used as a cudgel to resist all change today by claiming that activists aren't "doing it right".
And you think that had a positive effect on women's suffrage?
> 2nd wave feminists were far more "anti-man" than modern feminists
Well so what? Was suppressing men an actual tactic that contributed to progress?
It wasn't obtained through asking politely.
> The campaign was halted at the outbreak of war in August 1914 without having brought about votes for women, as suffragettes pledged to pause their campaigning to aid the nation's war effort.
> The extent to which suffragette militancy contributed to the eventual enfranchisement of women in 1918 has been debated by historians, although the consensus of historical opinion is that the militant campaign was not effective.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette_bombing_and_arson_...