Changing Attitudes Flashcards
Knowledge
Not all men were against women getting the vote. Give an example.
John Stuart Mill - Pushed for votes for women in the House of Commons.
Knowledge
Not all women were for the vote for women. Give an example.
Queen Victoria
Knowledge
Britain was not the first country to give women the right to vote. When did women on the Isle of Man get the vote?
1881 - if they owned property.
Knowledge
Britain was not the first country to give women the right to vote. When did New Zealand enfranchise women?
1893
Knowledge
Britain was not the first country to give women the right to vote. When did Australia enfranchise women?
1902
Knowledge
Britain was not the first country to give women the right to vote. When did some states in the USA enfranchise women?
1917
Knowledge
Britain was not the first country to give women the right to vote. What countries gave women the right to vote during WW1?
Denmark, Canada, Russia, Germany and Poland.
Knowledge
Give a general statement relating to other countries granting women the right to vote and what that meant for Britain in 1918.
This meant that by 1918 several countries including former members of the British empire had enfranchised women ahead of Britain.
Knowledge
What did the success of women gaining the vote in other countries give women in Britain.
Hope that Britain was to follow.
Knowledge
What did other countries granting women the vote mean for sceptical politicians?
Provided them evidence of success.
Analysis
Give an analysis point relating to Britain being viewed as the ‘mother of democracy’.
Pressure was placed on Britain to give women the right to vote as they were viewed as the ‘mother of democracy’. Yet were not as progressive as some of the other countries within the empire.
Analysis
Give an analysis point relating support.
Changing attitudes was important because the British people had to support votes for women for it to become law.
Analysis+
Give an analysis+ point relating to revolution.
Britain may have been reluctant to follow the example of other countries giving women the right to vote, as often these had come after a revolution and Britain wanted to avoid this.
Analysis+
Give an analysis+ point relating to support.
There were still a number of British people who were anti votes for women including the monarch. Women wouldn’t get the right to vote until the majority of British people were pro votes for women.
