The Fight For Womens Suffrage Flashcards
What were the arguements for women to habe the vote?
Women pay taxes like men
Ne Zealand alloud women to vote
Uneducated men could vote
Women were already alloud to vote in local elections
What was a sterotypical women at the time?
They stay at home and do chores
What were the arguements for women to NOT have the vote?
Women dont fight for their country
Womens veiws are already represnted by their husband
Women are too emotional to be trusted
Who were the suffragists?
A campaign of women protesting to win the vote peacefully
Who were the Suffragettes?
A campaign of women protesting to win the vote violently and agressively
What year did Parliament allow women to vote
1918 but they had to be over 30 years old
What were the suffragettes motto?
Deeds not words
How did women earn the right to vote?
They proved themselves when men went to war
Took mens jobs and kept the country running
What are militant protestors
Protestors who use their actions rather than their words
Who was emily pankhurst?
The leader of the suffragettes
Who were emily pankhursts dsughters?
Christabel, Sylvia and Adela
