British essay 1 Flashcards
Womens War Work- knowledge
July 1915 WSPU organised a march of 30,000 women, 23,000 women made up the land army and 900,000 women were involved in munitions by the end of the war.
Introduction
Seperate spheres- men was work politics and war but women was family, cooking, cleaning etc.
WWW- analysis
women helped feed Britain, Built weapons for the war, kept GB afloat. showed that women are loyal and respectable.
WWW- A+
only women over 30 gained vote in 1918 when it was younger women who did the work, only enfranchised in 1928.
Suffragettes (WSPU)- Knowledge
formed in Manchester 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst, “deeds not words”, chained themselves to railings, post box bombs, heckling, arson attacks and the CAT & MOUSE ACT.
WSPU - A
gained publicity and attention quickly due to violent/ millitant tactics,
WSPU - A+
not seen as respectable and therefor the public and government did not think women deserved the right to vote.
Suffragists (NUWSS) - knowledge
formed 1897 by Millicent Fawcett. membership in 19-9 was 6k yet in 1914 it was 53k. peaceful tactics marches, pamphlets, persuasive campaigning, petition.
NUWSS- A
worked with other organisations such as trade unions, led to mutual agreement with labour party, gave more respectable image of women than WSPU ultimately made them more likely to be granted the vote.
Example of other countires - K
New Zealand 1893, Australia 1902, Wyoming 1869, Utah 1870, Washington 1910 and California 1911. Influenced by Russian Revolution 1917
NUWSS- A+
can be argued that their role was not critical as NUWSS had not won vote despite 4 attempts to introduce womens suffrage in parliament.
Other countries - A
Many of the countries that and enfranchised women would defend the decision as it had improved their standards of democracy and advanced their societies.
Conclusion
Ultimately Examples of other countries was most important because …
