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Women's Suffrage Flashcards

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How were women forced to be dependent on men in the past?

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Women could not control their own income and property after marriage.

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What was a woman’s expected ‘job’?

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To be a wife and a mother.

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What was the main idea women fought for?

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To get the vote.

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What did Millicent Fawcett do?

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She organised all the groups campaigning for women’s suffrage together to form the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). They became known as the Suffragists.

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What did the Suffragists believe in?

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They believed in using peaceful methods, such as meetings, speeches, posters and letters to achieve the vote.

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Who was Emmeline Pankhurst?

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A member of the NUWSS who decided it was time to take more actions.

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What did Emmeline Pankhurst and her 2 daughters set up?

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The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU).

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What did the WSPU believe in?

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‘Deeds not words’

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What happened to the women who wanted change but did not believe in violent methods, and were mostly pacifists?

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They broke away and created the Women’s Freedom League (WFL)

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What 2 things did the WFL campaign for?

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The vote, as well as equal pay for women.

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When, where and why did the NUWSS start a pilgrimage?

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When the government did not pass ac act in 1912 to extend the vote to women, the NUWSS started a pilgrimage from Carlisle to London.

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How many people joined the NUWSS pilgrimage in support?

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Thousands.

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When did the Suffragettes start a stone-throwing campaign?

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1912

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What happened a result of the Suffragettes stone-throwing campaign?

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Hundreds of windows were smashed and over 200 suffragettes were arrested.

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Give 2 ways that Suffragettes took their actions further:

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-Making arson attacks
-Blowing up buildings

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What were MP’s warned to be suspicious about?

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Parcels, in case they contained explosives.

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How did women protest in prison?

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By going on hunger strikes.

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Why did women go on hunger strikes in prison?

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As a way to continue their campaign by gaining publicity.

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When was ‘Derby Day’?

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1913

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Who deliberately threw themselves in front of the king’s horse as Epsom?

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Emily Wilding Davidson.

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Who was Emily Wilding Davidson?

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A suffragette, and became the first martyr of the suffrage movement.

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What are the questions about Emily Wilding Davidson at Derby Day?

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Whether she had planned to kill herself that day, of just tried to stick a suffragette rosette on the horse and got trampled as the horse was going too fast.

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What did the Derby Day show about the Suffragettes?

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There was now evidence about how committed their members were. They were so serious about getting the vote that they were willing to die for it.

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When was the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act passed by the government?

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1913

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What was the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act?

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It allowed women to be released when they became too weak from starvation. Once they had had been rehabilitated and were healthy enough to return to prison, they would be re-arrested.

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What did the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act become known as?

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The ‘Cat and Mouse Act’.

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Why were Suffragettes often arrested?

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For their violent attacks, or for disturbing the peace by chaining themselves to railways.

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What was the general response to militancy?

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The suffragettes were starting to gain criticism for their actions, with many feeling they were actually preventing women from getting the vote

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Which surprising group objected to the campaign for universal suffrage?

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Some women.

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Which important figure did not support votes for women?

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Herbert Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister.

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What view did Asquith hold?

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That politics was not a world women belonged in.

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What did Asquith believe the only reason women getting the vote should be?

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Is if it improved government and political process.

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What did each suffrage group do when war broke out in 1914?

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The NUWSS and WPSU united to support the war effort, the WFL refused to support the war effort.

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What did the suffragettes stop once war broke out?

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They stopped their militant and violent campaign.

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What name did the suffragettes earn as a result of the work they did during the war?

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‘Angel of the factory’.

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Why did the WFL refuse to support the war effort?

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As pacifists, they did not want to support the men fighting in Europe.

37
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Give 3 places which women worked in during the war:

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-Factories
-Farms
-Even on the front line, as nurses

38
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What 4 things had the war proved about women?

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-They could do the same jobs as men
-They could make clear-headed decisions
-They were intelligent
-They could do it all

39
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What act and when was passed after the war?

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The Representation of the People Act in 1918

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What did the Representation of the People Act mean?

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All men over the age of 21 could vote, and some women over the age of 21, if they owned property, otherwise they had to be over 30.

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Who was the Representation of the People Act a success for and who was it not a success for?

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It was a success for wealthy middle-class women, but did nothing for working-class women.

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What year were women given the vote on equal terms with men?

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1928.

43
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Did the campaign for women’s rights stop in 1928?

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No.

44
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What movement developed in Britain and the USA and when?

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In the 1960s, the Women’s Movement developed.

45
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What was the Women’s Movement?

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Women were no longer campaigning for the vote but for a different kind of equality.

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What 5 things were wanted in the Women’s Movement?

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-Equal pay with men
-Increased numbers of women in higher education
-24-hour child care
-Free contraception and abortion on demand
-The same rights and freedoms as men

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What 3 acts (with dates) had been passed as a result of the success of the Women’s movement?

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-The Divorce Reform Act of 1969
-The Equal Pay Act of 1970
-The Sex Discrimination Act of 1975

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What was the Divorce Reform Act of 1969?

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It allowed women to divorce their husbands easily, and they were entitled to claim any property owned in the divorce settlement.

49
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What did both the Equal Pay Act and Sex Discrimination Act do for women?

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They gave women more rights and protection in the workplace.

50
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Who was the Prime Minister at the time of these recent acts?

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Harold Wilson.

51
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What had Wilson been creating?

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A more liberal society.

52
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What 3 things did Harold Wilson do?

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-Changed the law so that homosexuality was no longer illegal
-Tried to end discrimination against ethnic minorities
-Abolished capital punishment

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