Suffragists&Suffragettes Flashcards
when were women asked to work?
1916 (may)
when was the cat and mouse act?
1911
when was direct action?
1908
when did the suffragists and suffragettes postpone their campaigns?
1914
what 4 things happened in 1911?
asquiths conciliation Bill
suffragettes escalated campaign
prison-hunger strike
Cat and Mouse Act
when were women over 30 given the right to vote?
1918-year war ended
when was Asquiths Conciliation Bill?
1911
when could women over 21 vote?
1928
When was the battle of the Somme?
how did it effect women in work?
July 1916- more shells and munitions were required so more work for women
800,000 women in work
what jobs-when men left to go to war that women took over&how many women took these positions?
clerical-500,000
government service-200,000
by what year and how many factory workers were they short of?
1916- 2million
when and who was the martyr of the suffragettes?
5th June 1913
Emily Davidson
when were the suffragettes formed?
who lead by?
what did they form?
1903
Mrs Pankhurst
WSPU
when did suffragettes escalate campaigns and go on hunger strike when in prison?
1911
by what year could women vote in local elections?
1900
what percentage of working women were in a union (trade union) by 1914?
what was this a similar rate to?
20%
men
who were many of the strongest opponents to women’s vote?
women-felt vote irrelevant believed vote would upset traditional balance of relationships in families
how many local branches in 1897 were there of the NUWSS?
500 local branches
when were the suffragists formed?
who lead by?
what did they form?
1897
Miss Millicent Fawcett
NUWSS
how many meetings did the suffragists hold to support asquiths bill?
4,000 meetings (30 a day)
then Asquith dropped the bill
in 1900 how many times did parliament receive a bill to give women vote? and how many times declined
15 received
15 declined
at their peak how many members did WSPU have?
2,000 members
at their peak how many members did NUWSS have?
100,000 members
when was the silver town explosion?
how many people died?
injured?
what did it show?
1917
73 died
400 injured
showed factory’s were dangerous and bad
