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Votes For Women Flashcards

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WSPU starts its campaign of noisily opposing MPs at by-elections

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October 1906

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NUWSS organises a huge procession in London - nicked ‘Mud March’ after bad weather.

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February 1907

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Herbert Asquith becomes Prime Minister. He is against votes for women

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1908

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Both the Suffragists and Suffragettes organise massive processions in London. Asquith does nothing. Suffragettes start smashing windows in frustration.

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June 1908

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Split between the NUWSS and WSPU starts

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Late 1908

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More WSPU members sent to prison; hunger strikes begin

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1909

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Black Friday begins after Asquith stalls on the Concilliation Bill

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1910

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Conciliation bill is dropped; instead more votes are given to men

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1911

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Furious WSPU restart their campaign of violence after electoral reform only helps men

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1911

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Christabel Pankhurt flees to Paris

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1912

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Mass hunger strikes in prison for political status. The authorities respond with force-feeding

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1912

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The government introduces the ‘Cat and Mouse Act’ - women on hunger strike are released until they regain strength and then they are arrested again.

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1913

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Emily Davison kills herself by running out in front of the King’s horse.

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June 1913

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Women’s Pilgrimage - women walk to London from all over Britain, raising thousands of pounds on the way.

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June 1913

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First World War begins. Both the WSPU and NUWSS suspend their activities and help the war effort

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1914

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Majority vote that some women should have the vote

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1917

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Women over the age of 30 now allowed to vote

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1918

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Liberal landslide victory

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1906

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What was the traditional view of men towards women in the 19th century?

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They saw women as inferior to men. Their role in life was to be a wife and a mother. This view was backed by scientists and even Queen Victoria.

20
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What new employment opportunities for middle-class women became available towards the end of the 19th century?

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Teaching (but you had to be single), nursing (they had to resign when married) and clerical work. By 1900 women could become doctors and architects but many professions like law and finance were closed to them.

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Why were women in an inferior position in their marriage?

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When they married their property passed to their husbands; in fact THEY became the property of their husbands. Husbands could rape and batter their wives and it was virtually impossible for a woman to instigate a divorce.

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Who were the two main organisations set up to campaign for votes for women

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The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)

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Name 5 reasons why many believed women should not have the vote

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1) They are irrational and cannot be trusted with the vote
2) They should be protected from the grubby world of politics
3) They will neglect their family duties
4) Women don’t fight in wars so should not have a say in the country going to war
5) If women get the vote all male riff raff will demand it too

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What strategies did the NUWSS (Suffragists) use to campaign for the vote?

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They organised petitions, wrote letters and gave lectures and speeches. They favoured a peaceful approach.

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When was the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Society formed?

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1897

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Who was the leader of the NUWSS?

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Millicent Fawcett

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When was the WSPU founded?

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1903

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Who founded the WSPU?

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Emmeline Pankhurst and her two daughters Christabel and Sylvia

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How were the WSPU different to the NUWSS?

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They favoured a more violent, militant approach. They attracted publicity through their campaign of smashing windows and attacking politicians. Men were not allowed to join the WSPU unlike the NUWSS.

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What colours did the WSPU use?

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Purple, white and green. These colours were found on their posters, badges, clothes. Even one type of bread was printed with ‘votes for women’ on.

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What tactics did the WSPU use to try and gain the vote?

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Meetings and demonstrations, putting pressure on parliament via petitions, civil disobedience (I.e not paying tax), hunger strikes attacks on people and property.

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Why did the WSPU use violent tactics?

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1) They believed peaceful methods were not having any success
2) The government banned them from meetings so they were denied peaceful protest opportunities
3) The government started to use violence against them

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