Suffrage Flashcards
What did government allow for women that wasn’t fair?
They said husbands could vote on behalf of their wife however some women weren’t married
Suffragists
Women who used non violent methods to get the vote for women
What type of methods to suffragists use?
Campaigning , parades
Suffragettes
Women who used violent methods to get the vote for women
What type of methods did suffragettes use?
Chained themselves to gates , window smashing
How did the women get a start to the vote?
In WW1 men had to go to war so women had to take their jobs , due to this the government saw how good they were and how much they were capable of so they decided to give women those vote
Even though the government gave women the vote , what was still unfair?
They only gave the vote for women over 30 and the age for men to vote was much lower
Who was Emily Davidson?
She attempted to pin a suffragette scarf on the kings horse at the derby. She’s struck by the horse and dies 4 days later.
What year did Emily Davidson die?
1913
Suffrage
The right to vote in political elections