IT WAS THE WORK THAT THE SOMEN DID DURING THE WAR THAT EARNED THEM THE VOTE(TM) USE SOURCES H, I AND YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE TO EXPLAIN WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THIS INTERPETATION

Authors Avatar

Q5 IT WAS THE WORK THAT THE SOMEN DID DURING THE WAR THAT EARNED THEM THE VOTE’ USE SOURCES H, I AND YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE TO EXPLAIN WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THIS INTERPETATION

I disagree with the statement because there were other more important reasons for women gaining the vote like the pre war campaigning which gained support of many MPs and the change in mood of the government. I feel that the change in mood of the government is the most important reason for women gaining the vote because it is the government who decide if women should vote and if they stay anti suffrage then women would never have gained the right to vote.

One reason why women gained the vote was because of the change in mood of the government as they became more sympathetic towards women suffrage. This is because Herbert Asquith who was Prime minister at the time of suffrage campaigning was against women suffrage. In 1917 he was no longer Prime minister and David Lloyd George came into power and was part of the liberals who were to a certain extent for women suffrage as a result of the suffragist campaign. This shows that women’s war effort was not the reason for them gaining the right to vote. Women had preformed services for the government before the war like being nurses, doctors, mayors and mothers. This is supported in source H when it says ‘women who had brought children up successfully had preformed a service for the government’. These jobs proved that women were sensible and the government felt they should reward women by allowing them to vote. The source is extremely reliable because it is a history textbook written well after the war and its purpose is to inform. This reason supports my view because it tells us that the reason for women getting the vote was not because of their war efforts but because of the change in mood of the government.

Join now!

Another reason why women gained the vote was because of the campaigning before the war. The suffragists gained support by many MPs. This was a reason why women gained the vote. Also the suffragette’s campaign helped to get women the vote because it was so violent that they didn’t want them to start again. This is supported in source J when Herbert Asquith says ‘the suffragettes have not started that horrible campaign of violence’. This shows that the government where scared that suffragettes might start their campaign and also thankful that they haven’t started their campaign. This source strengthens ...

This is a preview of the whole essay