Suffragettes And Politics Flashcards
Whem and where was the peterloo massacre?
It was in st peter’s feilds, manchester in august 1819
How many people attended peterloo?
50,000
Who made a speech calling for the reform of parliament?
Henry Hunt
How many people were killed at the peterloo massacre?
11 people were killed and 400 were injured
What were the consequences of the peterloo massacre?
The government congratulayed the army and thos involkved in ‘keeping order’, hemry hunt was sentenced to two years in prison, the government meeting with 50+ people, newspaper tax went up so poorer people wouldn’t be able to read them
What are the arguments for women to have the cote at the time
Women pay taxes like men, other countries allow women to vote, uneductaed men can vote, women could vote in local elections not national ones.
Arguments agoanst women getting the vote?
Women and men have ‘separate spheres’. Women inhabit the private world of the home and men the public world of work and politics. If women start operating in the ‘public sphere’ the home would be neglected.
- Women don’t fight for their country and so haven’t earned the right to vote
- Women’s views are already represented by their husbands
- Women are too emotional to be trusted with the vote
- A quote from Sarah Ellis (1845) who stated: ‘as a women, the first thing of importance is to be content to be below men – below them in mental power, in the same proportion that you are in bodily strength’.
What militant tactics did suffragettes commit?
Tehy set fire to churches and railway stations, poured acid on gilf courses, disrupted poliyical meetings, attached themselves to railings, pelted eggs and attacked mps, went on hunger strike in prison and smashed parliament’s windows.
Who led the suffragettes?
Emily pankhurst
What was the suffragettes motto?
Deeds not words
Why and when did the pankhurst’s call off their campaign?
In 1914 because of world war 1- which they played an important role in.
What did the women do during ww1?
They became bus drivers, milk deliverers, policofficers,car mech aics and workers in munition factories.
When did the governament allow women above 30 to vite?
1918
When were all women over 21 allowed to vote?
1928
When did the pankhurts begin to lead the WSPU?
1903
