Votes for Women

Question 1

Who was the Prime Minster from 1905 to 1908?

Answer 1

Campbell-Bannerman

Question 2

Did Campbell-Bannerman support female suffrage

Answer 2

No

Question 3

Who was the Prime Minister from 1908?

Answer 3

Asquith who also did not support female suffrage

Question 4

What was the traditional view on why women should not gain the vote?

Answer 4

Females operated in ‘different spheres’ and had ‘different roles in society’, It was also seen that women were mentally and physically inferior

Question 5

When was the National union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) set up?

Answer 5

1897

Question 6

Who was Millicent Fawcett?

Answer 6

The leader of the NUWSS

Question 7

What tactics did the NUWSS have towards gaining female suffrage?

Answer 7

Non-violent methods such as discussions, petitions and public meetings to achieve their objectives.They worked closely with the Liberal Party and started looking to the Labour Party as an ally in parliament

Question 8

By 1914, how many members did the NUWSS have?

Answer 8

500,000 members and over 400 societies

Question 9

What does WSPU stand for?

Answer 9

Women’s Social and Political Union

Question 10

Who was Emmeline Pankhurst?

Answer 10

The leader of the WSPU

Question 11

What nickname was given for the WSPU by the Daily Mail?

Answer 11

The Suffragettes

Question 12

What were the Suffragette tactics?

Answer 12

Arson, physical assault, damage to property and hunger strikes etc.

Question 13

What event in 1910 became known as ‘Black Friday’?

Answer 13

When 300 suffragettes tried to storm the lobby of the House of Commons - known as Black Friday due to the police brutality

Question 14

When did Emily Davison throw herself under the King’s Horse at Derby?

Answer 14

1913

Question 15

What was the impact of Emily Davison’s death?

Answer 15

Her funeral turned into a political demonstration and the Suffragette movement gained more public sympathy

Question 16

When was the National League of Opposing Women’s Suffrage founded?

Answer 16

1911

Question 17

What was the Prisoner’s Discharge Act in 1913 also known as?

Answer 17

The ‘Cat and Mouse Act’

Question 18

What did women’s campaigner Mary Wollstencraft demand for women in her book n’A Vindication of the Rights of Women’?

Answer 18

That there should be an improvement in status for women and that girls should receive the same education as boys

Question 19

What did the ‘Married Women’s Property Ac’t in 1882 allow?

Answer 19

A woman could continue as the separate owner of her property when married

Question 20

The ‘Guardianship of Children Act’ in 1886 allowed…

Answer 20

a mother to claim custody of her children if a marriage broke up

Question 21

The ‘Qualification of Women Act in 1907 allowed…

Answer 21

women to become members of county and borough councils and to act as mayors

Question 22

Why did women finally receive the vote in the Representation of the People Act in 1918?

Answer 22

Woman had made such a vital contribution to the war effort that it appeared even more ludicrous that they were denied full political rights - women at the age of 30 could vote

Question 23

Give 3 international examples of where women had been enfranchised before Britain had

Answer 23

New Zealand - 1893
Canada - 1917
Norway - 1913

Question 24

What % of men were still disenfranchised at this time?

Answer 24

40%

Question 25

Name the Liberal MP who’s house was bombed by the Suffragettes?

Answer 25

David Lloyd George

Question 26

Give two reasons the liberal PM Herbert Asquith was reluctant to grant women the vote?

Answer 26

1. He believed in constitutional processes and was very traditional in terms of politics
2. He believed the Conservatives would gain more votes if women were allowed the vote