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Cat and Mouse Act

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Cat and Mouse Act

Popular name for the Prisoners, Temporary Discharge for Health, Act 1913; an attempt by the UK Liberal government under Herbert Asquith to reduce embarrassment caused by the incarceration of suffragettes accused of violent offences against property.



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The notorious Cat and Mouse Act of 1913 affected which women's group, who used hunger strikes as a form of protest?
The Cat and Mouse Act allowed the Suffragettes to go on hunger strike and let them get weaker and weaker.
WHEN did the Prisoners Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health Act, otherwise known as the Cat and Mouse Act, come into force?
 
 
 
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