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Should women get the vote? |
Should get the vote: •Britain isn't a true democracy until women have the vote. •Voting is a right to which women are entitled •Women are capable of being involved in politics •Look at what is happening in other countries e.g new Zealand, Australia, USA and Isle of Man had women's votes.
Shouldn't get the vote: •Women do not fight to defend their country. •It's dangerous to change a system that works •Most women don't want the vote •Women and Men have 'separate spheres'. |
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Suffragettes |
WSPU- women's social and political union. •Leader was Emmeline Pankhurst •Formed the WSPU as they were impatient with peaceful protesting methods. •Pankhurst's were non-democratic. •They used violent methods to protest •Men were not allowed to join •Mainly middle and upper class women •Founded in 1903. |
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Suffragists |
NUWSS- national union of women's suffrage societies. •Were around since 1866. •Used peaceful protesting methods e.g. campaigns, lectures and petitions. •Leader of NUWSS was Millicent Fawcett. •Had 400 branches by 1914 and had over 100,000 members. •Was democratic and elected their leaders. •Men were able to join. |
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Main events 1906-1914 |
1906: WSPU protest in parliament and are arrested. Liberal Bannerman becomes PM and supports women's votes despite his cabinet opposing. 1907: NUWSS organise a procession of 3000 women. "Mud March" 1908: Suffragettes and Suffragists split. Both groups organise a protest in London which turns violent leading to window smashing in downing Street. Herbert Asquith elected PM and is against women's votes. 1909: WSPU members sent to prison. Start hunger strikes in prison. 1910: WSPU call off violent protests. Asquith agrees to work with them, producing a conciliation bill giving women the vote. Asquith stalls the bill resulting in protests. "Black Friday" protest commences with women being physically and sexually assaulted by police officers. 1911: WSPU call another truce in hopes the conciliation bill will be passed. It's dropped and a new bill is passed which gives more votes to men. 1912: WSPU smash windows leading to arrests creating mass hunger strikes in prison. Christabel Pankhurst flees to Paris. 1913: Violence increases- bombed Lloyd George's home, burnt down buildings, burnt turf of golf courses etc. Government introduced cat and mouse act (women arrested, go on hunger strike, released from prison, recover, rearrested). Emily Davidson kills herself on the King's horse. NUWSS attempt to win back public opinion(women's pilgrimages walk to London and raised thousands on the way) 1914: WSPU escalated. Public turn against suffragettes completely. WW1 starts and all efforts for female suffrage stops.
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How did women try to get the vote? (Peaceful) |
Propaganda- news paper(called votes for women, had 40,000 recipients), used colours purple, white and green, wore badges and pins. Meeting's and Demonstrations- help public meetings in places like royal Albert Hall and trafalgar square, press reported peaceful demonstrations favourably, kept female suffrage on public eye. Putting Pressure on Parliament- sent petitions to parliament(1910 petition for the conciliation bill which reviewed 250000 signatures. Civil Disobedience- women refused to pay tax as you could only vote if you payed tax. Some boycotted the 1911 census. |
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How did women try to get the vote (Violent) |
Attacking Property- smashed windows of parliamentary buildings, newspapers and gentleman's clubs, burnt grass of golf courses with messages, bombed and poured acid into post boxes. Bombed Lloyd George's home in 1913. Attacking People- attacked people such as doctors who force fed in prisons, threw an axe at the PM, heckled people and politicians. Hunger Strikes- forced authorities to recognise suffragettes as political prisoners. Authority's began force feeding. Led to cat and mouse act. |
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How did women try to get the vote (Violent) |
Attacking Property- smashed windows of parliamentary buildings, newspapers and gentleman's clubs, burnt grass of golf courses with messages, bombed and poured acid into post boxes. Bombed Lloyd George's home in 1913. Attacking People- attacked people such as doctors who force fed in prisons, threw an axe at the PM, heckled people and politicians. Hunger Strikes- forced authorities to recognise suffragettes as political prisoners. Authority's began force feeding. Led to cat and mouse act. |
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Did Violent Methods Help The suffragettes? |
Did Help: •made female suffrage front page news •Violence bought so much publicity that the issue would never go away, sooner or later women would get the vote. •as time went on people became more open to the idea of women getting the vote •Asquith was against female votes before violence. It couldn't make things any worse. Didn't Help: •violence allowed the government to depict women as unpredictable and irresponsible. Gave them an excuse to not agree to the vote. •violence supported the view that women were hysterical and emotional. •In 1913-1914 the NUWSS (suffragists) were growing at the end expense of the WSPU (suggragettes) as women turned against the violence. •the violence turned neutral men against the vote. This is a reason why it was always defeated in the commons. |
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Did Violent Methods Help The suffragettes? |
Did Help: •made female suffrage front page news •Violence bought so much publicity that the issue would never go away, sooner or later women would get the vote. •as time went on people became more open to the idea of women getting the vote •Asquith was against female votes before violence. It couldn't make things any worse. Didn't Help: •violence allowed the government to depict women as unpredictable and irresponsible. Gave them an excuse to not agree to the vote. •violence supported the view that women were hysterical and emotional. •In 1913-1914 the NUWSS (suffragists) were growing at the end expense of the WSPU (suggragettes) as women turned against the violence. •the violence turned neutral men against the vote. This is a reason why it was always defeated in the commons. |
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Reactions |
Public- suggragettes couldn't win over most men in the UK to support the votes. Some men joined the NUWSS (suffragists). Authority's- Created force feeding in prisons and the cat and mouse act. Press- The Times were completely against women's votes and negatively reported in the issue. Most papers supported the vote but condemned the suffragettes violence. Peaceful protesting were reported positively and The Daily Mail released images of harassment on the "Black Friday" March. |
