BRIT 3 womens Flashcards
changing attitudes KU
Increased women’s rights leading to vote
Education Act 1880s - all above age of 5 attend school
1970 first women’s college in cambridge
changing attitudes A
Advance into professions
Doc, teacher, lawyer
Intelligent to handle vote
Challenged precipitation of being reliant on men
changing attitudes A+
Marriage bar - resign once married
Women never allowed to graduate
changing attitudes E
Harold Baker 1912
Women in local elections 25 out of 11,000
While moving forward, still lacked in male dominated
suffragists KU
Millicent Fawcet with peaceful actions
Demonstrations, propaganda, speak to MP’s
Mud March down london
3000 women and weather
suffragists A
Mature and responsible
Speaking directly to those who can change laws
Respect from citizens
1914 - 53,000 members
suffragists A+
Little media coverage
Couldnt gain nationwide support
Politicians argued slow and repetitive
Easily ignored
suffragists E
Liberals denied 1910 11 12
Those who supported, not doing enough to push
Didnt suspend campaign
Lost supporters as werent helping in time of need
suffragettes KU
Emmeline Pankhurst and two daughters
Gists moving too slowly
“Deeds not words”
Threw eggs at winston churchill
Sent to prison
suffragettes A
Nationwide attention as tactics had to be spoken
Unavoidable so constantly talking about them
Force feeding
Sympathy from public
suffragettes A+
Crazy lunatics
Attacked by a suffragette = lost support
Still in prison
suffragettes E
Martin Pugh only pushed back campaign slowing it down, did more bad than good
Could help community at war from suspending campaign
women’s war work KU
1914=war=men gone
Women took over jobs
Emergency services, trams, politicians
Munitionettes = danger
Canaries yellow pigment
women’s war work A
Capable of doing what men did every day
Run a country with same abilities
Government gave as a thank you for hard work
women’s war work A+
Given to small percentage of women
Didnt include those carrying out the jobs
Not full political equality to male counterparts = vote not given as thanks