reasons for womens suffrage Flashcards
suffragettes knowledge
MPs were heckled including Winston Churchill who was followed by 27 WSPU members until he had to hide in a shed in Dundee, 1908.
WSPU members went on hunger strike in prison, including Scottish suffragette Marion Dunlop that was the first hunger striker in 1909.
WSPU members would burn down buildings, including in 1913 when Catherine Taylor burned down the main stand at Ayr racecourse.
suffragettes analysis
their hunger strikes meant they were willing to put their lives at risk to show MPs just how important the cause was for them and prove they would rather die than live in a world where their voices weren’t heard, so they had to act or the women wouldn’t stop.
suffragettes analysis plus
by heckling MPs that are important members of parliament who they needed to vote on the bill, they were lowering their chances that they would gain their vote as they came across as crazy.
suffragists knowledge
Suffragists arranged peaceful marches like the United Procession of Women was a peaceful demonstration in London in 1907 where more than three thousand women marched from Hyde Park Corner to the Strand.
Suffragists aligned with political parties to reach more people and gain support from important decision makers in parliament. For example, in 1912, the Labour party aligned with the Suffragists which would encourage other political parties to do the same.
Suffragists lobbied MPs, including going to parliament, writing letters and organising meetings with MPs to push them to support the vote.
suffragists analysis
Suffragists arranged peaceful marches and abided by the law at all times to prove to politicians that they were calm, respectful and represented women who deserved the vote.
suffragists analysis plus
Suffragists had already been campaigning for over 50 years with little to no progress which showed they weren’t doing enough to grab the attention of the general public and parliament about the issue.
changing attitudes to women knowledge
Women could divorce their husbands who were cruel to them or husbands who had left them in 1857.
John Stuart Mill, a Liberal MP, campaigned for votes for women in the 1867 Reform Act by organising and presenting a petition to Parliament.
women taxpayers were allowed to vote and stand for election in local council elections from 1907.
changing attitudes to women analysis
women began participating in local elections which eroded the idea that they were incapable of political thought and were too irrational to vote.
changing attitudes to women analysis plus
the number of women serving on local councils was still very small- 24 out of 11,400.
womens war work knowledge
women kept Britain fed during the war by joining the land army with 23,000 women recruited to work full time.
women became famous for working in munition factories, including Gretna which employed over 9000 women.
women began working on machinery in the heavy industry, including in engineering firms and shipyards.
womens war work analysis
women were seen as dedicated to help the country in any way they could, so it was decided they would be thanked with the vote.
womens war work analysis plus
the majority of women who had worked in the war, lost their job when men came back from fighting. This meant that women felt like they would always be overlooked and replaced by men who were seen as much more capable individuals when it came to hard work, which showed attitudes towards women hadn’t changed much at all.
events in other countries knowledge
In 1893, New Zealand was the first of the British colonies to give women the right to vote.
Australia was next in 1902 when they gave some women the right to vote.
The next British colony to follow was in 1917 when Canada then gave some women the right to vote.
events in other countries analysis
it showed the men opposed that no harm would be done and their country would remain safe as women proved they were responsible and therefore deserving of the vote.
events in other countries analysis plus
the British parliament continued to ignore the cause being granted across the world and focus on unrelated topics.
