Era Of The Great War- Changing Role Of Women Flashcards
Describe the changing position of women, in relation to education , control of property and job/ voting opportunities
Better education
Universities allowed women
More jobs- teaching, nursing, factory workers and shop workers
Married women given control of their property
A man had to pay his wife if he abandoned her
Women were allowed to vote in school boards
Then by the end of the 19th century women could vote in local elections and and stand for election to local councils
Describe the methods of the suffragists
Patience and logical arguments
Public meetings
Pamphlets, Books and letters
Flags/ banners
Petitions
Demonstrations
Converted some members of the labour representative committee
to persuade the government to introduce a bill to give women the right to vote
Describe the methods of the suffragettes
Propaganda posters
Speeches
Newspapers
Demonstrations/ exhibitions
Interrupted parliament
Chained themselves to public buildings
Caused thousands of pounds worth of damage- explosions and smashing windows with rocks
Give examples of actions by the Scottish suffragettes
Emily green arrested for smashing windows in Glasgow
Glasgow post boxes were filled with flaming cloth
Arsonist attack on a laboratory in St Andrews
A house in Lanark was destroyed by fire
Emile Pankhurst was arrested in Glasgow before a speech
Flags in Balmoral golf course we’re replaced with suffragette flags
Describe the force feeding and cat and mouse act
Suffragettes in prison would go on hunger strike
Government was concerned that women would die
Force fed suffragettes
Painful and dangerous
When they became very ill they were let out and then taken back when recovered - Cat and mouse
WW1 suffragettes stoped campaigning and helped the war effort
Give 2 examples of Scottish Suffragettes and Force feeding
Maude Edwards sent to prison for slashing the painting in the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh
Went to Perth prison and was force fed when on hunger strike then released to recover
Jane Arthur imprisoned after trying to blow up Burns cottage in Alloway
Went to prison and was force fed in Perth prison
Describe women’s war work
Worked as conductresses or drivers
Women’s land army
Munitions factories
Army, Navy and Air Force as drivers, cooks, operators, typists etc
Wages rose
More freedom- could go to restaurants alone, smoke
Why did women get the vote (3 factors)
Suffragettes
Suffragists
War work
Give reasons for the suffragists being successful
Increased membership
More support
MPs in favour
Labour Party support
35 Scottish town councils backing
and many ministers
Give reasons for the suffragists being unsuccessful
Problems with convincing MPs
Slow
Government dropped the bills proposing votes for women
Prime minister refused votes for women
Give reasons for the suffragettes being successful
Attention from politicians and newspapers
Large numbers of women joined their cause
eventually got the vote- the government did not want another suffrage campaign
Give reasons for the suffragettes being unsuccessful
Annoyed many people
Membership fell
MPs turned against the cause
Would not give them the vote as it would seem like they were giving into force
The vote was given to women after the suffragettes campaign ended
Give reasons for the women’s war work being a successful reason that helped women to gain the vote (4)
More emancipated- set free
Meaning likely to be recognised 
Change in attitude- more respected
People thought that women made a huge contribution to the war
Government said the vote was given as a reward for their work
Give reasons for the women’s war work being a unsuccessful reason that helped women to gain the vote
Attitudes to women were already changing before the war
Black lash after the war against working women
Lost freedom
If it was a reward for war work then younger women would get the vote
Simply Describe the rent strikes:
How/ why did they occur?
How was the issue of the rent resolved?
Increase in Glasgow workers looking for homes
Landlords increased rent
Strikes
Government passed rent restriction act
