Women's Rights Flashcards
Why was 𝑾𝑾1 important in women gaining the right to vote? K
- Women would be doing the men unattended jobs which were risky and dangerous.
- The ongoing campaigns done by the Suffragists and Suffragettes were suspended so women could focus on doing the jobs.
- The women who were in prison were released.
Why was 𝑾𝑾1 important in women gaining the right to vote? A
- The government were impressed with all the hard work that women did during WW1 and s`o they rewarded the women with the right to vote as a thank you.
Why was 𝑾𝑾1 important in women gaining the right to vote? A+
- Historians argue that this was to simple of a reason for women to be given the right to vote.
- Young girls would be left without the vote as only women over 30 who had or married men who had property were enfranchised.
- If the Suffragists and Suffragettes didn’t make an impact, giving women the vote wouldn’t of been considered a reward.
- Politicians became anxious about women ‘overtaking’ men which meant rules had to change.
Why were the 𝑺𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒔 important in women gaining the right to vote? K
- Emmeline Pankhurst believed that the Suffragists weren’t doing enough to try and get women the right to vote so she created the Suffragettes.
- The Suffragettes took part in violent protests such as bombing buildings and pouring acid in letterboxes.
- These acts would often be led to women landing in prison where they would continue their protests by going on hunger strikes which led to many being force-fed.
Why were the 𝑺𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒔 important in women gaining the right to vote? A
- These violent protests meant that they could not be ignored by the government or public.
- This promoted more awareness on the issue of women lacking the right to vote.
Why were the 𝑺𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒔 important in women gaining the right to vote? A+
- The violent protests did more harm than good and ruined the progress already made by the NUWSS.
- With women taking part in these protests starting making the government believe that women were not rational enough to have the vote.
- Lots of women did eventually end up leaving to become Suffragists.
- The Suffragettes were abandoned during WW1 for women to focus on the jobs they had to take over.
Why were the 𝑺𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 important in women gaining the right to vote? K
- Millicent Fawcent created the NUWSS after lots of women came together to be respectful citizens and try gain the right to vote.
- They took part in peaceful protests which involved meetings, writing letters etc.
Why were the 𝑺𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 important in women gaining the right to vote? A
- The peaceful protests were able to gain publicity for the issue as it convinced MPs that women were trustworthy with the vote.
- MPs started proposing women gaining the right to vote in elections however they were unsuccessful.
Why were the 𝑺𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 important in women gaining the right to vote? A+
- The protests were ineffective as they were easily ignored by the government and public.
- Since they were easily ignored, the issue was at loss of interest by newspapers and forgotten.
- Since they were only doing peaceful protests, the Suffragists weren’t applying enough pressure on the government or public in order to try and get women the right to vote.
Why were 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 important in women gaining the right to vote? K
- The countries that gave women the right to vote earlier than Britain were successful and their political systems stayed stable.
- In 1917, the vote was given to women in the states.
In 1906, the vote was given to women in Finland. - The countries involved in the British Empire were given the right to vote before Britain actually was.
Why were the 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 important in women gaining the right to vote? A
- With other countries being political stable, it showed MPs that women didn’t effect the stability of politics.
- With other countries in the Empire extending the franchise gave Suffrage groups hope that Britain would be influenced by the other countries to give women the right to vote.
- Britain wanted to be seen as the best country so by extending the franchise Britain would be able to keep this image of them.
Why were the 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 important in women gaining the right to vote? A+
- The vote was given to women in 1918 which is a lot later than the other countries in the Empire meaning Britain lost the image that they were the best country due to extending the franchise late.
Why were 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 important in women gaining the right to vote? K
Why were 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 important in women gaining the right to vote? A
Why were 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 important in women gaining the right to vote? A+
