women in the 1920s

Question 1

what were the arguments for women in the 1920s?

Answer 1

equal working conditions, better access to education and other benefits
many women were already involved in politics at the local level
women paid the same rates and taxes as men so they should be able to vote for the politicians who spent those taxes

Question 2

what were the arguments against female suffrage?

Answer 2

women and men had different responsibility’s or spheres, Women were more suited to domestic house work
most women weren’t interested in the vote
women did not fight in wars so they shouldnt be able to vote for governments which might have to declare war

Question 3

what does NUWSS stand for?

Answer 3

National Union of Womens suffrage societies

Question 4

who was the NUWSS?

Answer 4

the suffragists

Question 5

who led the suffragists?

Answer 5

millicent Fawcett

Question 6

when did the suffragists fail to get the vote?

Answer 6

in 1914

Question 7

when did the suffrigists manage to get womens suffrage bills proposed to parliment ?

Answer 7

between 1900 and 1914

Question 8

when was the concillation bill put forward?

Answer 8

in 1910

Question 9

by 1914 how many branches were there?

Answer 9

400

Question 10

how many members were there?

Answer 10

100,000

Question 11

who was in membership of the organisation?

Answer 11

men and women mainly middle class

Question 12

were they a peaceful or violent organisation?

Answer 12

peaceful

Question 13

what was their sign of protest?

Answer 13

rallies and propoganda

Question 14

what does WSPU stand for?

Answer 14

womens social and political union

Question 15

when was the WSPU founded and who by?

Answer 15

1903 by emmeline pankhurst and her daughter sylvia and christabel

Question 16

who were more radical the suffragettes or suffragists?

Answer 16

suffragettes

Question 17

when did action begin for the suffragettes?

Answer 17

in 1908 breaking windows in downing street and chaining themselves to rails

Question 18

when did emily davidson throw herself underneath the kings horse at the derby?

Answer 18

1913

Question 19

when was their aim to achieve the vote?

Answer 19

by 1914

Question 20

what was the positive affect of violence on the mp’s?

Answer 20

it turned many of them against female suffrage

Question 21

describe what the suffragettes movement did?

Answer 21

published posters and leaflets. And created a newspaper called votes for woman

Question 22

how did the government respond to the hunger strikes in prisons?

Answer 22

force feeding which was painful, degrading and potentially harmful

Question 23

what was the cat and mouse act?

Answer 23

where women who were on hunger strike were released until they gained full health then they were retrieved to finish the rest of their sentence

Question 24

when was the cat and mouse act introduced?

Answer 24

in 1913

Question 25

when did britain go to the second world war?

Answer 25

August 1914

Question 26

how did women contribute to the war effort?

Answer 26

women became nurses in Belgium and France, thousands of women worked for voluntary organisations i.e. in soup kitchens
the women’s auxiliary army corps was formed in 1918, They worked as drivers, secretary and officials on the western front

Question 27

what was the aim of the active service league?

Answer 27

to get men to join the war

Question 28

how many recruitments did the governments departments take on?

Answer 28

over 200,000 women

Question 29

how many women worked in engineering by the end of the war?

Answer 29

over 800,000

Question 30

how many women worked on farms by the end of the war?

Answer 30

around 260,000 women

Question 31

which factories did women support most?

Answer 31

munitions

Question 32

give a positive and negative for women working in munitions factories

Answer 32

p-munitions gave women status and money

n-it was dangerous with a chance of explosions and damage to health

Question 33

what law was changed by the government in 1916 due to the hard work of men in the war?

Answer 33

The peoples act was changed which allowed the right of all men to vote

Question 34

what happened in 1916 that was a huge benefit to womens campaigning?

Answer 34

Lloyd George became prime minister who supported female suffrage

Question 35

what was agreed in 1917 by millicent Fawcett and the government?

Answer 35

the restriction that some women would get the vote and others wouldent

Question 36

when did women vote in their first general election?

Answer 36

in December 1918