Suffragettes Flashcards
Name four of the suffragettes militant tactics
1908 - they started stone throwing
1909 - First Scottish militant demonstration takes place in Glasgow and Dundee
1909 - Imprisoned suffragettes started hunger striking.
1912-14 - Wild Period begins. Arson attacks ensued, acid was put on golf courses and letter boxes and telephone wires were cut
Name three discriminatory restrictions women faced in work and wages in the 19th century
Women were paid less than men, tended to do less skilled work, they were excluded from many professions and it was thought that, ‘a woman’s place as in the home.’
Name two facts about Emily Davison
She was a suffragette and in 1913 attempted to hang a WSPU banner on the kings horse, and was killed attempting to do so
Name three discriminatory restrictions women faced in voting
- Women were not allowed to vote in general elections
- Women weren’t well educated enough to vote
- If women became involved in politics the home would ‘suffer’
What was the real name for the Cat and Mouse Act? And what date did it occur ?
The Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913
What did the suffragettes chain themselves to?
Statues
Why did women eventually get the vote?
During the war women served the nation and did the men’s work, therefore proving they deserved the vote for their conduct during the war
Give an example of discrimination in the education system against women
In the first half of the nineteenth century few poor girls went to school. Rich girls had lessons with a governess but they were concerned with how to be a lady e.g piano, sewing, dancing
Who founded the Women’s Social and Political Union?
Emmeline Pankhurst
Who was Constance Lytton?
A suffragette who posted many letters and essays in the newspapers advocating for women’s rights. She joined the WSPU in 1919 and got arrested. She went on hunger strike but instead of being force fed she is given a medical examination and is released early because of her heart condition. She thought she was being treated differently because she was rich, and so she got herself arrested again and this time she was force fed because she was disguised as a poor seamstress. In 1912 she was partially paralysed by a stroke and died
When did things get better for women politically?
1870 - 1894 : women were allowed to be elected to school boards, poor law guardianship and parish and district councils
1870 - Married Women’s Property acts meant husbands no longer owned their property.
When did things get better for women in education and work?
1860 - Nightingale School of Nursing helped make nursing a proper profession
1870 - Education Act (1872 Scotland) assured girls the same basic education as boys
1876 - Medical schools opened their doors to women
1878 - London University opened all its degrees to women
Who were the Pankhursts?
Emmeline and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia spearheaded the women’s rights movement and were founding members of the WSPU
Did did military tactics help women get the vote?
Yes
- During Wild period the issue of female suffrage was discussed daily in parliament
- Some politicians claimed they gave women the vote in 1918 to prevent a return to the wild period
- Brought much needed publicity to the movement. By 1905 the suffragists were being ignored
Describe the events of Black Friday
By 1910 it looked as if a women’s suffrage act might be passed , but when the government announced that an election was to take place it was obvious women’s voting would have to wait. As a result many women set out to march to Parliament. They ran into a gauntlet of policemen and many were injured, including Emmeline Pankhurst’s sister Mrs. Mary Clarke, who later became the first martyr of the campaign
