Dates Flashcards
suffragettes formed
Feb, 1903
suffragists formed
1897
Millicent Fawcett led a deputation to see the Prime Minister and was promised a women’s Suffrage Bill.
Jan 1908
Millicent Fawcett held a public debate with the leader of the anti-Suffragists and won, gaining more supporters.
Feb 1908
Suffragist Mud March (named this due to the awful weather), involving over 3000 people.
February 1907
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst founded a new organisation called the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU).
1903
Suffragettes threw stones at the windows of 10 Downing Street. Suffragettes slashed paintings and smashed statues in art galleries.
1908
Emily Davison was killed trying to put a banner on a horse at the Epsom Derby
1913
Mrs Pankhurst was sent to jail
April 1913
Parliament passed a new law, all women over the age of 30 were given a vote. Married women over the age of 21 and those who owned property were also given the vote.
1918
Reichstag fire
27th February 1933
Communist Dutchman, Marinus van der Lubbe found guilty and executed
9th January 1934
Hindenburg passed the ‘Decree for the Protection of the People’ giving the police powers to search homes and imprison people without trial.
28th Feb 1933
election. Nazis gained 288 seats. Banned communists taking up 81 seats. Gained the support of the Nationalist Party (54 seats) and the Centre Party (74 seats)
5th March 1933
Enabling Act
23rd March 1933