Era of the Great War - Politics Flashcards
When did women get the Vote?
1918 - Women over 30 who were Homeowners or Graduates got the vote
1928 - All women over 18 over 21
How did Suffragists help women get the vote?
Widespread support, from both men and women as well as MPs
Paid their taxes, obeyed the law, and voted in local school board elections.
1902 The Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women’s Suffrage
1903 Associations in Dundee and Aberdeen
Protested peacefully: poster and leaflet campaigns and petitions to parliament.
1867 - 1876: 2 million signatures for the vote.
They had their own newspapers: ‘The Common Cause’
By 1914: 500 branches and 10,000 members
How did Suffragists hinder women getting the vote?
Their tactics were easily ignored
They disbanded when WW1 broke out
They got less attention than the suffragettes
Their rallies got ignored by the government
Their newspapers were only read by supporters
Their petitions were rejected by Government
How did Suffragettes help women get the vote?
Deeds not words helped speed up the fight
Publicity gained due to militant tactics
Heckling and demonstration outside of Parliament
Spat on Policemen and chained themselves to railings outside of parliament
Flora Drummond was an effective leader of the Scottish suffragettes
There were demonstrations in Princes Street Edinburgh in 1909
1906: The WSPU in Glasgow opened and held public meetings
1909: The first militant demonstrations in Glasgow and Dundee
1913: Acid was put in pillar boxes which destroyed letters
How did suffragettes hinder women getting the vote?
Violence put some people off
The Government would not give into violence
The Suffragettes actions were terrorism
Disbanded during the War era
Their actions made some people argue that they were irrational
Attacks on MP’s using firebombs
Could be seen as manslaughter
How did WW1 help women get the vote?
Prime Minister Asquith changed his mind about votes for women.
First female MP took her seat post war, 1919 Nancy Astor
Helped with women’s war work
Munitionetter: built shells for war
Land army: growing food for the nation
They worked as Nurses on the front line
Women’s RAF
They were bus drivers / conductresses
How did WW1 help women get the vote?
Prime Minister Asquith changed his mind about votes for women.
First female MP took her seat post war, 1919 Nancy Astor
Helped with women’s war work
Munitionetter: built shells for war
Land army: growing food for the nation
They worked as Nurses on the front line
Women’s RAF
They were bus drivers / conductresses
How did WW1 hinder women getting the vote?
Women were valued less than men as they were paid less than men so not worthy of the vote.
Working class women weren’t give the vote at the end of the war despite working hard for the war effort
There were changes that had occurred for women pre war (vote in local elections) War only speed this up - votes were going to happen anyway
Some people were against women in the munitions factories: saw them as dangerous.
Women were supposed to give up their jobs after the war ended
Men took their jobs back post war
