Women Flashcards
1
Q
How many women worked in munitions during the war?
A
950,000
2
Q
What percent of women aged 35-44 had a job in 1901?
A
13%
3
Q
What two countries did women have the vote in prior to Britain?
A
Australia and New Zealand
4
Q
Who were the NUWSS, who led them and what were there tactics?
A
1) Suffragists
2) Millicent Fawcett
3) Leaflets, petitions, events- constitutional campaigning.
5
Q
Who were the WSPU, who led them and what were there tactics?
A
1) Suffragettes
2) Emmeline Pankhurst
3) Disrupted political meetings, harassed ministers, stone throwing, hunger strikes, arson attacks, acid on golf course, telephone wires cut, DLG house burnt down.
6
Q
How many women were imprisoned by 1914?
A
1000
