Woman's Voting Flashcards
When did women get the right to vote in britain?
1918
Who started the suffragettes?
Emmeline Pankhurst
What tactics did the suffragists use?
The suffragists:
Collected petitions,
Wrote to parliament,
And went on marches to highlight their cause.
What was the suffragette motto?
‘Deeds not words’
What did the suffragettes do to gain women’s votes?
Disrupted political meetings,
Chained themselved to railings in downing street,
Pelted politicians with eggs and flour,
Smashed parliaments windows with stones, set fire to churches and railway churches,
Attacked mps on the way to work,
And poured acid on golf courses.
Who were Emmeline Pankhurst’s daughters
Christabel, sylvia and adela
What was the suffragettes og name
Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)
When did the suffragettes first take action
During a political speech in 1905, by shouting slogans whilst the government minister was speaking.
When did Pankhurst call off the campaign?
1914
During the war what jobs did women do?
Bus drivers, milk deliverers, police, car mechanics, worked in factories, drove ambulances
Who started the suffragists
Millicent fawcett
