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What had The NUWSS gained in by 1900? (Liberal party)
The support of many liberal MP's
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Why did the Liberal Leaders oppose the vote for women? (Liberal party)
They were worried that if property owning women got the vote, they'd vote conservative
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What idea did the Conservatives like? (Conservative party)
Getting more votes if women were enfranchised
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Why didn't they do much to help women? (Conservative party)
Many backbench MP's were opposed to change in the 'traditional role of women'
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What position did Herbert Asquith hold in the years 1906-08? (HA)
Chancellor of Exchequer
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Who was PM in 1908 till 1916? (HA)
Herbert Asquith
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Was Herbert Asquith opposed to votes for women? (HA)
Yes
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Why did he anger many women? (HA)
He was in charge of collecting taxes (from them) and yet stood against them having the vote
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What did he do to the bills in parliment? (HA)
Delaying tactics - he managed to have their time used up to make them be postponed until the following year
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What did he promise during his 1910 election campaign? (HA)
The vote for property owning women
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In November 1911 what did he change his mind about? (HA)
He announced that only all men would get the vote
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What did his announcement lead to? (HA)
Increased WSPU military - including attacks on his house
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When was Lloyd George the chancellor of the Exchequer? (LG)
1908-16
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What was he? (LG)
An early supporter of votes for women
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Once the Liberals were in power why were they not willing to openly support votes for women? (LG)
They believed middle and upper-class women would vote consevative
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He showed a lack of support for female suffrage, what happened?
He was attacked by the suffragettes - in February 1913 his house was bombed
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What is it thought? (LG)
That Lloyd still in principle supported the idea of votes for women
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What year were the liberals elected to power?
1906
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Out 0f 650 how many MPs were in favor of women's suffrage - as well as The PM Henry Campbell-Bannerman?
400
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When is the first women's suffrage bill introduced to parliament?
March 1907
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What happened to it?
It got delayed, so it had to be considered the following year
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When did Herbert Asquith become PM?
1908
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When was the seond suffrage bill introduced?
February 1908
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What did liberals introduce in march 1909?
A radical suffrage bill - to give almost all men + the vote
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Why did it get no further than the second reading?
Asquith(idiot) 'influened' it to be postponed
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What happened in November 1909?
Asquith called another general election and the bill was abandoned
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In June 1910 who drafted a conciliation Bill to give women the vote?
The Conciliation Comitte
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What happened in November 1910?
Asquith calls another general election the bill is ababndoned
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What did Asquith do to the newly reintroduced conciliation bill in May 1911?
announces that the bill is to be delayed until the following year, despite its popularity. In fact he was to completely drop it and introduce a new bill to consider which only increased the number of men who could vote. The Suffragists and Suffragett
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What happened in November 1911?
The Liberals decide not to support the Conciliation Bill. Instead they suggest a male suffrage bill that will not give the vote to any women. Asquith claims that this bill could be amended once passed to include women.
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What happened in March 1912?
The Conciliation Bill from 1911 is reintroduced but it is defeated by 14 votes the Liberals had said they would not continue to support it because they were offering an alternative).
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What happened in June 1912?
The Suffrage Bill is introduced to parliament, although further progress is postponed until the following year.
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What happened in 1913?
The Suffrage Bill is discussed further and attempts are made to include women in the bill but the Speaker of the House of Commons announces that these amendments would change the nature of the bill. The amendments to include votes for women in the M
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From 1905 to the start of WW1 in 1914 how many women were imprisoned due to suffragette protests?
1000
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From 1909 onwards many imprisoned Suffragettes began to use a new tactic what was this?
Hunger striking
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What would this involve?
They would refuse to eat anything and would quickly become very weak.
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Why was this embarrassing for authorities?
they were extremely scared of what the public would say and do if a hunger striking Suffragette died in prison.
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What did they do to combat this?
Started to force-feed the hunger-striking women
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What did this invole?
Putting a tube either down the nose or through the mouth of a woman and then pouring liquid down the tube.
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Why were the nurses and doctors forceful?
The women were very determined.
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Why was this a bad (very stupid) decision?
This could mean that the women might be injured in the process and it was often very painful. This made the authorities look bad because they were treating the women in an unladylike manner and in the same way as they would lunatics.
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When did the government pass - the Prisoners, Temporary Discharge for Health Act – nicknamed the ‘Cat and Mouse Act’.
1913
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What did the act involve?
Suffragettes who started hunger striking in prison would now be left until they were very weak and would then be released from prison. Once out of prison these women would start to eat again, when they returned to an acceptable level of health they w
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What did this achieve?
The government would not be associated with the brutal policy of forcible feeding and no Suffragette would die in prison.
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