Women's rights 1900s Flashcards
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What was a woman’s place after industrial revolution
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- Working class women could earn money working in factories and mines, but still had no political power
- middle/upper class women still belonged in the home, looking after husband and children
2
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What was Married Women’s Property Act 1870?
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- allowed women to control their own income and property after marriage
-previously it had been in full control of husband
3
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Why did women need the vote
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- Now that they could work, they needed political power to demand for rights in workplace
-for example, they were payed far less than men for the same job, and were expected to leave when they got married
4
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Who was Millicent Fawcett
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- Formed National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), ie the Suffragists
- believed in peaceful methods to achieve the vote
5
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Who was Emmeline Pankhurst
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- A member of Manchester NUWSS, who decided they needed more direct action, and created WSPU with her daughters
6
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Suffragettes motto
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- ‘Deeds not Words’
7
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Methods used by suffragettes
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- more violent, militant tactics than NUWSS
-heckling members of parliament during speeches
-throwing stones through windows
-later resorted to arson attacks and blowing up buildings- David Lloyd George
8
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What happened on Derby day 1913
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- At Epsom racecourse, Emily Wilding Davidson walked in front of the King’s horse and died, trying to put a suffragette rosette on the horse
9
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Why did suffragettes go on hunger strike?
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- Militant tactics led to many women being in prison
- they realised they could go on hunger strike to continue campaign and gain publicity- showed how much it meant to them
10
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Government response to Hunger strike
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- Couldn’t have women die in prison, therefore resorted to force feeding them
-was very dangerous and torturous for women
11
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What was the Tempory Discharge for ill Health Act, 1913
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- Known as Cat and mouse Act
- Meant that when women became too weak from starvation, they would be released from prison, and re-arrested when they were healthy enough to return
12
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Problems with suffragettes tactics
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- Many saw it as irrational and unbalanced, and made women look worse
13
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What happened in 1914
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- War broke out, and so Suffragettes were told by Emmeline Pankhurst to suspend militant actions, and help war effort
14
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Effects of war on women’s suffrage
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- Showed that they could be trusted to work men’s jobs, and make clear headed decisions
15
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What was Representation of People act 1918
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- Gave all men over 21 the vote
- Gave women over 30 with property the vote
