 Stephen ndiye aiva nhengo yechiduku pane dzose dzesangano reWSPU reGlasgow rakanga raenda kuna Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George muna 1912, uye akatungamirira Scottish Outrages yokutanga, yaisanganisira kurwiswa kwemabhokisi embiru, muGlasgow muna February 1913. Basa rake somusikana rakamubatsira panguva iyi, sezvakatsanangurwa mubvunzurudzo ya1975:Ndakakwanisa kudonhedza acid mumabhokisi epamusuwo weposvo ndisina kufungidzirwa, nekuti ndakaburuka kubva kwandakanga ndashandira muheti yangu, muslin apron uye rokwe dema... hapana munhu aizombofungidzira kuti ndakadonhedza acid kuburikidza nebhokisi.Stephen akasvikwa naSylvia Pankhurst uye akatama kubva kuGlasgow kuenda kuLondon, kwaakazoonekwa seimwe ye nhengo dzinoshanda kwazvo pamwe naEmma Boyce, munenge muna 1916 yeVashandi Suffrage Federation. Muna April 1919, Stephen akanga ari mumwe wavakurukuri vanoverengeka kutaura kuboka ravanhu vanenge 10 000 muTrafalgar Square, vachishora Kurambidzwa kweGermany. Vamwe vakurukuri vaisanganisira Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence naTheodora Wilson Wilson. Akanga ariwo nhengo inoshingaira yeVakadzi Runyararo Rwendo uye pamusangano we1920 ILP akataura achipesana nekushandiswa kwesimba panguva yezviitiko zvakatangira Chibvumirano cheKugadzirwa kweUSSR. 