The main common ground between the two groups was their aim; both campaigned for votes for women. They differed on the means of achieving this goal.

They even supported the same political parties; initially the Liberals but after 1911 they started supporting Labour; each followed the party most committed to their cause.

A further similarity was the frustration felt after postponements of Suffrage bills, encouraging both Unions to make their actions more attention seeking: the Suffragettes started chaining themselves to railings - like Edith New who chained herself to railings near Downing Street in 1908 - following their motto, "Deeds not words," and the Suffragists began ignoring the census and evading tax.

Whilst The Suffragettes and Suffragists did have similarities...