Female suffrage in Britain

Cards (14)

  • Suffragette
    Campaign for female quality who believed in militant methods
  • Suffragette tactics
    Arson: Setting fire to property
    Violent protest: criminal damage
    Hunger strikes whilst in prison: they would then be force fed
  • Cat & Mouse Act

    Law passed by the government to allow the release and re-arrest of hunger strikers
  • WSPU
    Women’s Social and Political Union
    Suffragette group led by the Pankhurst family
  • Notable member of the WSPU
    Emmeline Pankhurst: served time in prison and was force fed
    Christabel Pankhurst: trained lawyer but was not allowed to practise
    Annie Keeney: working class member involved in militant activities
    Emily Wilding Davison: Was killed whilst campaigning and Epsom Race Course
  • Suffrage
    The right to vote
  • Suffragist
    A campaigner who believed in equality for women
    They believed in constitutional (legal) methods of campaigning
  • Methods used by the Sufragist
    Marches - protest marches / gatherings
    Petitions - people showing support for the cause by signing
  • NUWSS
    National Union of Women’s Suffrage Society
    Led by Millicent Fawcett
  • Nancy Astor
    Became the first female MP in 1919
  • Home front
    The people back in Britain
  • War effort
    Contributing to WW1 at home
    Working in essential jobs like agriculture and munitions
  • Munition factories

    Weapon factories
    Many women working in them became known as ‘canary girls‘ due to TNT turning their skin orange
  • Representation of the People Act
    Law passed giving men over the age of 21 and women over the age of 30 the right to vote