Votes for Women

Question 1

What is suffrage?

Answer 1

The right to vote in political elections

Question 2

When was the SUFFRAGISTS formed?

Answer 2

1897

Question 3

Who led the suffragists?

Answer 3

Millicent Fawcett

Question 4

What type of women were in the suffragists?

Answer 4

Middle class women

Question 5

How did the suffragists campaign?

Answer 5

Peacefully

Question 6

Where did they the suffragists try and build their support?

Answer 6

Parliament

Question 7

What does WSPU stand for?

Answer 7

Women’s Social and Political Union

Question 8

When was the WSPU formed?

Answer 8

1903

Question 9

Who led the WSPU (Suffragettes)

Answer 9

Emmeline Pankhurst

Question 10

What type of women were in the suffragettes?

Answer 10

Middle class women

Question 11

What kind of methods did the Suffragettes have?

Answer 11

Any from:

Heckled politicians 
Held marches
Chained themselves to railings
Attacked policemen
Broke windows
Slashed paintings
Set fire to buildings 
Threw bombs 
Went on hunger strike when imprisoned

Question 12

What was the cause of Emily Davison’s death?

Answer 12

As a suffragette she ran out in front of the Kings horse during the derby of 1913

Question 13

Who formed the East London Federation of Suffragettes?

Answer 13

Sylvia Pankhurst

Question 14

When was the East London Federation of Suffragettes formed?

Answer 14

1914

Question 15

What type of women were in the East London Federation of Suffragettes?

Answer 15

Working class women

Question 16

What did the East London Federation of Suffragettes concentrate on?

Answer 16

Social reform and rejecting the violence of the WSPU

Question 17

Give the arguments for votes for women

Answer 17

1. Everyone is equal
2. Women already had the vote in local elections
3. Some women had better skills than men who had the vote.
4. Other countries had given women the vote
5. Women pay taxes

Question 18

Give the arguments against votes for women

Answer 18

1. A woman’s place is in the home
2. Many women do not want the vote, and would not use it if they got it.
3. Women do not fight in wars
4. Women are too ignorant of politics to be able to use their vote properly.

Question 19

Which organisation allowed men into the campaign?

Answer 19

The suffragists

Question 20

What peaceful methods were there for winning the vote?

Answer 20

Propaganda
Meetings and demonstrations
Petitions
Civil disobedience

Question 21

When was black Friday?

Answer 21

Nov 1910

Question 22

What happened at black Friday?

Answer 22

Women tried to enter parliament to support the consolation bill and police physically and sexually abused them

Question 23

When was the Cat and mouse act released?

Answer 23

1913

Question 24

What was the Cat and Mouse act?

Answer 24

Women were released from prison when unwell to be taken in again when well.

Question 25

How did violent suffrage methods help?

Answer 25

1. It made female suffrage front news bringing it to the public’s attention as well as the government
2. People were getting used to the idea of Votes for Women
3. Asquith was already against women getting the vote so they needed violence

Question 26

How didn’t violent suffrage methods help?

Answer 26

1. Violence gave an excuse for the government not to give the vote
2. Violence supported the idea women aren’t responsible