Votes For Women

Question 1

Attitude towards females:

Answer 1

Women’s money was legally owned by men
Women were newer as children rather than adults
Women had limited personal freedom
Women weren’t allowed to divorce their husbands

Question 2

Name the 2 organisations and their tactics

Answer 2

NUWSS- suffragists-peaceful
WSPU- suffragettes- militant and peaceful

Question 3

When was WSPU set up

Answer 3

1903

Question 4

Who was the leader and founder of Wspu

Answer 4

Emmeline Pankhurst

Question 5

What was the Wspu motto

Answer 5

Deeds not words

Question 6

NUWSS stand for

Answer 6

National union women suffrage society

Question 7

Wspu tactics

Answer 7

Same as NUWSS
Burning postboxes
Burning messages into sports pitches
Planted bombs
Hunger strikes

Question 8

NUWSS tactics

Answer 8

Wrote letters to mps
Petitions
Peaceful Protests

Question 9

Why was Force feeding bad

Answer 9

Suffragettes would protest in jail by not eating the food and putting their life in danger. If someone died in jail the government would be in trouble. Force feeding was very dangerous a tube was inserted in the nose through to the throat and liquid food was pumped through. It could be fatal if food went into lungs

Question 10

What was the cat and mouse act

Answer 10

If you were very sick in jail you could be let out to get better but when people got better they would be the mouse and the cat would be the police chancing them to get them back in jail.