Unit 3 - The Liberals, Votes For Women & Social Reform Flashcards
What was the NUWSS?
The National union of women’s suffrage
Who set up the NUWSS in 1897?
Millicent Fawcett who is married to Henry Fawcett (a Liberal MP)
What is the name given to the women who peacefully campaigned for the vote?
Suffragists
Who spoke out in the 1906 general election?
Male NUWSS members
What does the WSPU stand for?
The women’s social and political in union
Who set up the WSPU in 1903?
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst with the help of her daughter Sylvia and Christabel
What was the WSPY major belief?
‘Deeds not words’
What was the name given to WSPU members?
Suffragettes
What organisation was formed in 1907?
The women’s freedom league (WFL)
What was the name of the Liberal prime minister who supported militant action?
Henry Campbell Bannerman
When did the suffragettes host a massive stonethrowing operation?
1912
When did suffragettes break hundreds of windows and 219 people were arrested?
1 March 1912
When was the suffragette Derby?
June 1913
What was the name of the suffragette who was killed during the 1913 suffragette Derby?
Emily Davison
Name is three organisations against suffrage for women
Men’s league for opposing women’s suffrage
Women’s National anti-suffrage league
National League for opposing women suffrage (NLOWS)
How did the government response to suffragette hunger strikes in prison?
By force-feeding them
When was the prisoners (temporary discharge for ill health) act/’Cat and Mouse’ Act passed?
1913
When the Prime Minister Asquith report that he supported women’s suffrage?
1917
What happened in 1918 that gave women over the age of 30 the right to vote and become MPs?
Representation of people act
When did women get the same voting rights as men meaning they could vote from the age of 21?
1928
When was the liberal party elected?
1906
Who found that 43% of York’s population were below the poverty line?
Seebohm Rowntree
When did Charles booth publish his results that a third of London’s population were below the poverty line?
1902
What percentage of recruits were unfit for service in the 1898 Boer War?
40%
When was a law passed making education compulsory for children?
1880
When was the school meals act introduced?
1906
How many children received free school meals by 1914?
150,000
When did the government introduce the school medical service?
1907
When was the children’s charter introduced?
1908
When was the children’s and Young Persons act?
1908
When did Lloyd George introduced the People’s budget?
1909
When was the old age pension act introduced?
1908
How many people collected a pension in the first year?
650,000
How many pensioners were there by 1914?
Nearly 1,000,000
When was the labour exchange act introduced?
1909
How many people had registered with the labour exchange act by1914?
1 million
When was the national insurance act introduced?
1911
Define suffrage
The right to vote
