The+Cat+and+Mouse+Act

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 * The Cat and Mouse Act was a law passed by the British Goverment in 1913. Formally known as the Temporary Discharge for Health Act. The act was introduced to weaken the Suffragettes led by Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst.**=====
 * Suffragettes resorted to going on Hunger Strike in prison, as a form of silent protesting. Before the 'Cat and Mouse Act' was introduced, Suffragettes would be force fed through tubes, however the forcefeeding of Suffragettes was stopped.**
 * The Cat and Mouse Act was a law where Suffragettes were released from prison, when they became too ill to stay in prison. The law was put in place so that the prisons and the goverment could not be held responsible for the deaths of the Suffragettes. They were released if they were ill because they could do no harm to the British public as they were too ill to function. They were release 'on-license', and if a Suffragette were to commit a crime they would be re-arrested and returned to prison.**
 * The nickname of the act came about because of a cat's habit of playing with its prey (a mouse) before finishing it off**

**A poster about The Cat and Mouse Act, made by the WSPU 1914. The Cat means the government and the woman the mouse.**