Women And The Campaign For The Vote Flashcards
Who were the suffragettes
Members of the women’s social and political union. Founded in 1903 by the Pankhurst family. Motto was deeds not words. They disrupted political meetings and harassed ministers. They organised the 1907 mud march in London , where 3000 women attended. They were started because they believe the suffragists weren’t getting anywhere. In 1908 the new prime minister Asquith asked them to prove their case the. Direct action began
When were women given the vote
May 1918, the representation of the people act gave the vote for women over the age of 30 and then in 1928 the age limit was reduced to 21
How did women contribute to the war
The order of the white feather, woman gave a white feathers and then not in the army to show them a coward. Mothers union published posters and cards and mothers to encourage their sons to join the army. Many women worked near the front line. The government department employs 200,000 more women office clarks. Gained access to new jobs such as farm labourers someone took on the husband jobs. An extra 1.6 million women workers took part in the war. Woman also did munitions work which was very dangerous. By the end of the war 800,000 women had taken up jobs in the engineering industry
Who were the suffragists
A group of people who campaign to win the vote for women. They used peaceful methods. They wanted to promote the claim of woman to the parliamentary vote on the same terms as it may be granted to men. The suffrage movement was founded in the 1860s. Millicent garett faecett was the President of the NUWSS when it was formed in 1897. They organised many petitions and newsletters and lectured about the fee make struggle
How did the political dimension affect women achieving the vote
A new priminister was appointed in 1916 , Lloyd George . He was more in favour of female sufferage and there was a need for franchise reform as due to a law that you had to be a resident for a year to vote many serving soldiers could not vote
