Suffragetes Flashcards
(44 cards)
What name was given to the area of life, including business and politics, which were unsuitable for women?
Public Sphere
What is the name given to the area of life, centred around women and the home?
Domestic Sphere
What justification was used to back up this point of view?
Women were too intellectually feeble and emotionally fragile for public life
What statistic can you use which proves that women were discriminated against the public sphere?
Only 10% of married women were employed
What area of work was it thought suitable for unmarried women to seek employment and why?
Domestic service- domestic sphere
Why had by 1910, women been allowed the right to vote in local elections?
Because the issues involved affected the domestic sphere
Even though more girls’ schools were opening in 1910 there was still a fundamental injustice. Can you name it?
Girls were not taught the same subjects as boys
More women were going to university by 1910 but why was this really not significant?
Numbers of graduates were still very small
Even though some women were training to be doctors what obstacle did some initially face?
Universities refused to grant degrees
What does the word ‘suffrage’ mean?
The right to vote
Who had the right to vote in Britain before 1919
All adult males (21 and over)
What is a General Election
A national vote which elects a government
By the end of the 19th century women had begun to come together to win the right to vote. What were they know as?
Suffragist
What does NUWSS stand for?
The National Union of Women’s Suffrage
Who founded this society? What year was it founded?
Millicent Fawcett (wife of Liberal MP); 1897
Why was Millicent Fawcett determined to only use peaceful protest means and persuasive argument?
To prove that women are rational and sensible enough to deserve the vote
Give 3 examples of tactics employed by NUWSS
Put forward their own (male) supporters to become MPs; produce pamphlets and newspapers; train women to debate and make speeches
Why were these tactics criticised?
They are taking too long to have significant effect
Who was Emmaline Pankhurst?
Leader of the Manchester branch of NUWSS
What did she do in 1903 and why did she do it?
Broke away from the NUWSS because she became frustrated with its slow progress
What society did she form?
Women’s Social and Political Union ( WSPU)
What was the WSPU’s slogan?
‘Deeds not words’
What do you think the slogan meant?
That WSPU would not restrict itself to peaceful protest
What was the given to the members of the WSPU and by whom was it given?
Suffragette; Daily Mail