The Era Of The Great War #16: Reaction To Women’s Suffrage Campaigns

Question 1

Why did the government what to keep force feeding secret?

Answer 1

• painful & dangerous
• many never fully recovered

Question 2

How did force feeding be come published?

Answer 2

‘Votes for Women’ posted accounts

Question 3

What happened to the public view on Suffrage as a result of force feeding?

Answer 3

• government criticised
• sympathy increase

Question 4

What is the Cat & Mouse Act also known as?

Answer 4

Temporary Discharge for Ill Health Act

Question 5

When was the Cat & Mouse Act?

Answer 5

1913

Question 6

What was the main idea of the Cat & Mouse Act?

Answer 6

• women were allowed to leave prison to regain their strength from a hunger strike
• BUT they had to return to prison
• most did not

Question 7

As a result of the Cat and Mouse Act, what did police spend time doing?

Answer 7

Finding & rearresting the women

Question 8

Where does the Cat and Mouse Act get its name from?

Answer 8

It was the idea that the women were mice that the government (the cat) was trying to catch

Question 9

Why were some men against suffragettes?

Answer 9

Sexism, insecurity, typical gender roles

Question 10

What was the Men’s League for women’s suffrage?

Answer 10

An organisation that supported the WSPU and the NUWSS

Question 11

When was the Men’s League for women’s suffrage set up?

Answer 11

1907

Question 12

Who established the Glasgow branch of the Men’s league for women’s suffrage? Why?

Answer 12

• George Moffat
• His wife was in jail for 2 weeks

Question 13

When was the Scottish Churches League for women’s suffrage established?

Answer 13

July 1912

Question 14

What party consistently supported women’s suffrage?

Answer 14

Labour

Question 15

What did labour promise they would do if the were voted in?

Answer 15

Gain the vote for women

Question 16

Why was it tactical for labour to support women’s suffrage?

Answer 16

They were a relatively new party, so this would gain the support of

Question 17

Why did the upper/middle class oppose women’s suffrage? What is this known as?

Answer 17

• they were already economically and socially comfortable
• CLASS DIVISION

Question 18

Who set up the Scottish Anti-Suffrage League?

Answer 18

Duchess of Montrose

Question 19

What did the Scottish Anti-Suffrage League do?

Answer 19

Produced leaflets + posters portraying them as ugly, unattractive, neglecting mothers + wives

Question 20

Example or anti-suffragette poster

Answer 20

“Mummy’s a suffragette”

Question 21

Anti-suffrage view in a newspaper:

Answer 21

“I, for one, will not be ruled be women”

Question 22

What did the Scotsman say about suffrage in 1911?

Answer 22

“After 44 years’ wandering, the suffragists have a right to demand legislation”

Question 23

What was the general view of newspaper editorials?

Answer 23

• opposed militant acts of WSPU
• generally open to enfranchisement

Question 24

What happened as militancy increased?

Answer 24

Newspapers began to reflect a lack of support from the public

Question 25

What happened to the WSPU and the NUWSS during WW1?

Answer 25

They paused their campaigning

Question 26

How did women’s changing role contribute to their enfranchisement?

Answer 26

They were seen in a way they never had been previously: they were seen as strong, smart, and capable enough to vote