What were women excluded from in 1914?
Standing as a parliamentary candidate
Standing as a parliamentary candidate and voting in parliamentary elections
Voting in parliamentary elections
Why did many people believe that women did not need to vote?
Their father or husband could vote and they would know what was best
There was a separate parliament for dealing with female issues
Women did not have a role in the world, public or domestic
What was passed in 1873 to help women's standing in society?
Married Women's Property Act
Local Government Act
Infant Custody Act
What did the Local Government Act do?
Provided education for boys and girls to 12 years old
Allowed women to set up businesses in their locality. The profits did not have to be shared with their husband
Allowed women to vote and stand as a candidate in local elections
Which pressure group employed non-violent methods?
NUWSS
WSPU
Women's Freedom League
Which group tended to gain support from politicians?
Who led the WSPU?
Millicent Fawcett
Emily Davison
Emmeline Pankhurst
Who was the first suffragette to go on hunger strike?
Marion Dunlop
Sylvia Pankhurst
How did the WSPU react to the outbreak of war?
They became patriotic and helped with recruitment
The helped German spies as they wanted to weaken the government
They continued protesting, but peacefully
Who did the Liberal Party see as the biggest threat to their survival?
The Suffragettes
The Labour Party
The Conservative Party