Suffragists&Suffragettes

Question 1

when were women asked to work?

Answer 1

1916 (may)

Question 2

when was the cat and mouse act?

Answer 2

1911

Question 4

when was direct action?

Answer 4

1908

Question 5

when did the suffragists and suffragettes postpone their campaigns?

Answer 5

1914

Question 6

what 4 things happened in 1911?

Answer 6

asquiths conciliation Bill
suffragettes escalated campaign
prison-hunger strike
Cat and Mouse Act

Question 7

when were women over 30 given the right to vote?

Answer 7

1918-year war ended

Question 8

when was Asquiths Conciliation Bill?

Answer 8

1911

Question 9

when could women over 21 vote?

Answer 9

1928

Question 10

When was the battle of the Somme?

how did it effect women in work?

Answer 10

July 1916- more shells and munitions were required so more work for women
800,000 women in work

Question 11

what jobs-when men left to go to war that women took over&how many women took these positions?

Answer 11

clerical-500,000

government service-200,000

Question 12

by what year and how many factory workers were they short of?

Answer 12

1916- 2million

Question 13

when and who was the martyr of the suffragettes?

Answer 13

5th June 1913

Emily Davidson

Question 14

when were the suffragettes formed?
who lead by?
what did they form?

Answer 14

1903
Mrs Pankhurst
WSPU

Question 14

when did suffragettes escalate campaigns and go on hunger strike when in prison?

Answer 14

1911

Question 15

by what year could women vote in local elections?

Answer 15

1900

Question 16

what percentage of working women were in a union (trade union) by 1914?

what was this a similar rate to?

Answer 16

20%

men

Question 17

who were many of the strongest opponents to women’s vote?

Answer 17

women-felt vote irrelevant believed vote would upset traditional balance of relationships in families

Question 18

how many local branches in 1897 were there of the NUWSS?

Answer 18

500 local branches

Question 19

when were the suffragists formed?
who lead by?
what did they form?

Answer 19

1897
Miss Millicent Fawcett
NUWSS

Question 20

how many meetings did the suffragists hold to support asquiths bill?

Answer 20

4,000 meetings (30 a day)

then Asquith dropped the bill

Question 21

in 1900 how many times did parliament receive a bill to give women vote? and how many times declined

Answer 21

15 received

15 declined

Question 22

at their peak how many members did WSPU have?

Answer 22

2,000 members

Question 23

at their peak how many members did NUWSS have?

Answer 23

100,000 members

Question 24

when was the silver town explosion?

how many people died?
injured?

what did it show?

Answer 24

1917

73 died
400 injured

showed factory’s were dangerous and bad