Women and the Vote essay

Question 1

Women and the vote topics

Answer 1

World War One, changing attitudes, Suffragists, Suffragettes, other countries

Question 2

Women and the vote intro

Answer 2

All women over 30 and with property could vote by 1918

Question 3

changing attitudes K

Answer 3

Primary education compulsory in the 1870s, 1882 married women’s property act

Question 4

changing attitudes A

Answer 4

Women could show they were as capable as men

Question 5

changing attitudes A+

Answer 5

Most women still did not go to University

Question 6

changing attitudes E

Answer 6

307% increase in women in non-manual work (secretaries, typists) between 1861-1911 but still were seen as undeserving of vote

Question 7

Suffragists K

Answer 7

First set up in 1897 and ran a peaceful campaign, had 53,000 members and 480 branches by 1914

Question 8

Suffragists A

Answer 8

Their focus on convincing MPs vital for changing law

Question 9

Suffragists A+

Answer 9

Coalition bills of 1910, 11 and 12 all failed to pass

Question 10

Suffragists E

Answer 10

Debates on women’s suffrage almost every year between 1870 and 1884 but focus on parliament sacrificed ability to gain greater traction among the public - almost all were middle class women

Question 11

Suffragettes K

Answer 11

Ran a violent campaign, hunger strikes when arrested (Constance Lytton paralysed)

Question 12

Suffragettes A

Answer 12

Topic of women’s suffrage constantly in the news

Question 13

Suffragettes A+

Answer 13

Annoyed and embarrassed politicians

Question 14

Suffragettes E

Answer 14

Especially in ‘wild period’ after 1908 (due to HH Asquith becoming PM) they reinforced stereotypes unlike WW1 which undid them

Question 15

WW1 K

Answer 15

700,000 women worked in munitions factories due to lack of men, Suffragists and Suffragettes stopped protesting and started white feather campaign

Question 16

WW1 A

Answer 16

Reward theory - suffrage a good reward for their work

Question 17

WW1 A+

Answer 17

Most women in factories under 30 but only those over 30 got the vote

Question 18

WW1 E

Answer 18

Timing of 1918 Representation of the People Act suggests it is most important

Question 19

Other countries K

Answer 19

Britain saw itself as cradle of democracy but was lagging behind in suffrage, New Zealand granted vote in 1893

Question 20

Other countries A

Answer 20

Embarrassing for government for the country to lag behind in democratic standards

Question 21

Other countries A+

Answer 21

No evidence the topic was ever mentioned in parliament

Question 22

Other countries E