Women

• Women's suffrage movement

  Movement to fight for the right of women to vote
• Women's suffrage organisations


  • WSPU
  • NUWSS
• WSPU


  • Used violent tactics which alienated much of the population
• NUWSS

  • Gained more support, growing in number to 50,000 and enjoying the support of the Labour Party
• Women got the vote in 1918


  Not on the same terms as men
• Women got the equal vote in 1928


  Still faced discrimination in the workplace
• Workplace discrimination

  • Women at Ford car factory only received 85% of the men's pay
• Women protested workplace discrimination

  1. Went on strike

  2. Managed to improve their pay to 92% of the men's
• The 1997 election was a key turning point as 101 women were elected, meaning women were finally starting to be truly represented in Parliament and their issues started to be addressed more effectively
• The catalyst for women getting the vote was the First World War as female war efforts changed attitudes towards women and made politicians more sympathetic
• The women's suffrage movement was about more than just political inequality, so women continued to campaign on socio-economic issues throughout the 20th century