Many working class women had jobs as well as running the home, what sort of jobs were these?
textile factory
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what were the working conditions like?
poor conditions and low pay
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what 'class' was less likely to work outside the home?
middle-class
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several reform acts had given more people in Britain the vote, but who?
men
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what did they think women should do?
work at home
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why did they think that women should not vote
because women are rational and therefore could not make big decisions
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what year was only married women, allowed to vote for district councils?
1894
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what does NUWSS stand for
national union of womens suffrage societies
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when were they funded?
1897
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who was their leader?
Millicent Fawcett.
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what were their main tactics?
persuasion, meetings and petitions to Parliament
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what does WSPU stand for?
womens social and political union
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who were the suffragettes funded by?
Emmeline Pankhurst
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When were they funded?
1903
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why did the suffragettes become a union?
because they suffragists were taking their time and nothing was happening
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why did the suffragettes not mind getting arrested and getting into trouble?
because it got them sympathy. this also shows that they were serious
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when Asquith came prime minister, why did the women not have much luck?
because he was strongly against votes for women
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when did the protests start getting more extreme?
1912
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why were the suffragettes getting noticed?
because of their violent techniques
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why were the suffragists not happy?
because they believed that this was holding their campaign back
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what did the government start to do when things got out of hand?
send the suffragettes to prison
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what did the suffragettes do in prison, and what did it lead to
go on hunger strike, which lead to force feeding
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what act was passed in 1913?
the cat and mouse act
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what was the cat and mouse act
release hunger strikers and then rearrest them once they were better
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what did the women achieve by helping out with the war effort?
that they can handle more than home life and that they can handle public life
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why did women get the vote?
because they were seen in a good light for a while and the public didnt want the suffragettes to start up their campaign again after they ended it at the start of the war
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when did women over 30 get the vote
1918
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when did women over 21 get the vote?
1928
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Card 2
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Many working class women had jobs as well as running the home, what sort of jobs were these?
Back
textile factory
Card 3
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what were the working conditions like?
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Card 4
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what 'class' was less likely to work outside the home?
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Card 5
Front
several reform acts had given more people in Britain the vote, but who?
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