Britain 1851-1951 Flashcards
What was a change in society in 1838 to help women get the vote?
1838-Infants custody act- gave women the right to see their child if they had been taken away
1838-matrimonial Clauses Act-possible for women to divorce in court instead of individual act of parliament
Deserted wives could now keep their own earnings
When was the married women’s property act and what did it do?
1882- gave women the right to their own property
When were women allowed to vote in local governments?
1882
When was the start of mandatory state education and how did it help women get the vote?
1870- A new era of more educated women to campaign for equality
When was the first female school of medicine?
1874 London school of medicine for women with more than 300 female doctors by 1900
When was the suffragists founded?
The suffragists was founded in 1897 by millicent fawcett
What does NUWSS stand for ?
The NUWSS stands doe the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies
How many members did the suffragists have by 1914?
The NUWSS ahead 53,000 members and over 480 branches
How many women were employed in making munitions during the First World War in Britain?
Over 700,000 women were employed in making munitions
When was the suffragettes founded?
The suffragettes were founded in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst as the WSPU (women’s social and political union)
From 1906-1909, what did the suffragettes do?
After one bill and another had failed the WSPU began to chain themselves outside houses of cabinet ministers and heckled speakers at political meetings
When did the suffragettes enter their “wild phase”
The suffragettes entered their wild phase from 1909 onwards with a much more violent campaign beginning in 1912
When did the suffragettes get their first martyr?
In 1913 Emily Davidson killed in the Epsom derby attempting to disrupt the horse race
What and when was the cat and mouse act?
The Temporary discharge of prisoners act in 1913 was when the government released dangerously weak prisoners to re arrest them when they recovered
How did the suffragettes gain huge sympathy from the cat and mouse act?
Lots of sympathy was gained by the public especially after Constance Lytton, sister of the famous politician, who was paralysed due to force feeding
