Year 10 May Revision Flashcards
How long were women expected to work
Until they had children
Which women had more children
Lower class
35% of women had how many children
8 or more
What was the militant women group called.
The NUWSS
Who set up the WSPU
Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney
What did the WSPU stand for
Women’s Social and Political Union
When was the WSPU set up
1903
How many members were in the NUWSS in 1913
100,000
How many members were in the WSPU in 1913
2,000
Why were women needed to work
There were not enough men as they were at war
What were some advantages of the representation of the people’s act 1918
It saw the size of the electorate triple from 7.7 million to 21.4 million
It helped Nancy Astor become MP in December
New Zealand gave women the vote 25 years before
It helped women obtain property
365 votes were for it and 55 were against
Define flapper
The fashionable young women of the 1920s
How did flappers which their parents
They had short hair that had been cut in men’s barbers, they wore short skirts, backless gowns and silk stocking
What was the anti flirt league
Worried American mothers formed this to protect against the behaviour of the flappers
Name some new dances of the 1920s
The Charleston, one step, the black bottom and the tango
Name some crazes of the 1920s
Mah jong then crossword puzzles then marathon dancing the. Flagpole sitting then sport.
Who named the 1920s the ‘Jazz Age’
An American fighter F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who was the ‘it girl’
Clara Bow
Give 3 things flappers did
Drank
Smoked
Drove cars
Define prohibition
The act of forbidding something especially by law