Women Suffrage

Question 1

Introduction

Answer 1

Before 1918, women didn’t have the right to vote or have a say in politics. After 1918, women over 30 were granted the right to vote in national elections for the first time.

Question 2

The Suffragettes/WSPU did was that they would destroy post boxes with fire or acid.

Answer 2

For example, in 1913 and in 1914 over 500 postboxes were attacked and 114 of the postboxes destroyed.

Question 3

The Suffragettes/WSPU would burn down buildings and plant bombs.

Answer 3

For example, in 1913 Catherine Taylor set fires and burned down the main stand at Ayr Racecourse.

Question 4

The WSPU would burn down buildings and plant bombs.

Question 5

Suffragette/WSPU Analysis

Answer 5

The suffragettes were important for some women gaining the right to vote because it gained a lot of publicity for the party as they attacked popular places and this meant that there actions were at the forefront of MPS minds and they talk about.

Question 6

Suffragette/WSPU Analysis+

Answer 6

However, it could be argued the Suffragettes weren’t important for some women gaining the right to vote as they were proving to the MPs that women weren’t responsible enough to have a civil conversation with them which in turn proved that they weren’t responsible enough to have the right to vote.

Question 7

A method used by the Suffragists was that they organised peaceful, law-abiding marches.

Answer 7

For example, they held a peaceful march in Edinburgh on the 9th October 1909 in support of womans suffrage.

Question 8

A method used by the Suffragists was that they lobbed MPs.

Answer 8

For example, they would go to parliament and try and speak with the MPs.

Question 9

A method used by the Suffragists was that they collected signatures through petitions.

Answer 9

For example, in 1832 the first petition to parliament for women’s suffrage failed.

Question 10

Suffragists/NUWSS Analysis

Answer 10

The Suffragists were important for some women gaining the right to vote in 1918 because they abided by the law at all times and proved to politicians that the Suffragists were calm and respectful and deserved the vote.

Question 11

Suffragists/NUWSS Analysis+

Answer 11

However, it could be argued the Suffragists weren’t important for some women gaining the right to vote in 1918 as they were easily ignored and there campaign wasn’t acknowledged by MPs.

Question 12

What type of jobs sis women do during the war?

Answer 12

A job Woman took on during the war was Emergency service workers and they became police officers, Firefighters, and ambulance drivers.

Question 13

Where were the army clerical jobs women did during the war take place?

Answer 13

Another role woman took on was Army clerical jobs as Woman worked in the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRENS) and the Woman’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) working in clerical and support jobs.

Question 14

Where were the army clerical jobs women did during the war take place?

Answer 14

Another role woman took on was Army clerical jobs as Woman worked in the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRENS) and the Woman’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) working in clerical and support jobs.

Question 15

What Transport jobs did Women do during the war?

Answer 15

A role woman took on in the war was Transport workers such a strain, tram and bus conductors, Railway signalers, ticket collectors and Railway guards.

Question 16

Women’s War Work Analysis

Answer 16

Women’s war work was important for some women gaining the right to vote in 1918 because men realised that women were just as capable and as smart as them therefore men decided women could be trusted and were smart enough to make a good choice when it came to voting on political matters.

Question 17

Women’s War Work Analysis+

Answer 17

However, it could be argued that women’s war work wasn’t important for some women gaining the right to vote in 1918 because the majority of women who had worked in the war, lost their job when men came back from fighting. This meant that everything went back to how it was before the war and attitudes to woman for the most part went back to how they were previously.

Answer 18

A reason was that in 1891, women could not be forced to live with husbands unless they wished to and also in 1857, women could divorce their husbands who were cruel to them or husbands who had left them.

Answer 19

A reason was that in 1867 John Stuart Mill (Liberal MP) campaigned for some votes for women in the 1867 Reform Act by organising and presenting a petition to Parliament.

Answer 20

A reason was that in 1907, Women taxpayers were allowed to vote and stand for election in local council elections.

Question 21

Changing Attitudes Towards Women Analysis

Answer 21

Changing attitudes to women was important for some women gaining the right to vote in 1918 because this helped some women gain some political influence and this meant that men were more inclined to give woman the vote.

Question 22

Changing Attitudes Towards Women Analysis+

Answer 22

However, it could be argued changing attitudes to women wasn’t important for some women gaining the right to vote in 1918 because governments instead still tended to focus on other things throughout the 19th and 20th centuries such as forgien polices.

Question 23

What year did New Zealand give Women the right to vote?

Answer 23

In 1893, New Zealand gave woman the vote and this inspired other countries to soon follow.

Question 24

When did Australia give Women the right to vote?

Answer 24

In 1902, Austria gave some woman the vote.

Question 25

What year did Canada give women the right to vote?

Answer 25

Canada followed in 1917.

Question 26

Events in other countries Analysis

Answer 26

Events in other countries were important for some women gaining the right to vote in 1918 because Britain felt embarrassed as other countries and colonies they had control over were more porgessive than them and had given woman the vote.