Votes For Women Short Essay Flashcards
When did this take place
The early 20th century
What are the three reasons that the women got the vote
Suffragettes, suffragists and women’s war work
What tactics would the suffragettes use to get the governments attention
Militant tactics
What is one of the things that the suffragettes would do to bring attention to their cause
Blowing up post boxes
Why did blowing up post boxes make a big impact on society
Be cause that was one of the few ways of communicating with people in that time
How would the suffragettes continue to protest in prison
Hunger strikes
Why where hunger strikes good for publicity
Because they made people sympathise with the suffragettes
How did the suffragists protest
In calmer less violent ways
How would the suffragists protest
They would sign petitions and send them to the government
What did the suffragists do in 1909
They held a march in Edinburgh
When were women awarded the vote
1918
What did the women have to do while the men where at war
Take the men’s jobs
What jobs were they doing and how did this help the public
They would be working on farms to provide the country with food. They would be in factories making munitions for the front lines and they would drive buses for everyone
What did thier hard work and contribution to the war effort do
Got the men to give them the vote
What were the downsides
The vote did not go to everyone and even though the working class women where doing a lot of the dangerous jobs during the war the vote was only given to rich property owners
