Study source b and c. does source b support the evidence of source c about the suffragette Campaign? Explain your answer.

B was written by a woman who puts forward a reasoned argument. It's an extract from a book about female suffrage called 'woman or suffragette', published in 1907. The book is against the disorder that the female suffragette applied to the public and made out that a once you join the suffragettes you lose the woman inside you. This was a big accusation to make at the time, and would insult all suffragettes.

Source c is a cartoon published by Bernard partridge in 1906. It shows two women outside an important liberal meeting. One of the two holding the others arm in disapproval due to the way she has approached a liberal meeting sign. The cartoon conducts the image in a way to make us believe the calm woman is a suffragist and the aggressive woman is a suffragette. The caption reads shrieking sister this in it self shows the desperation that the suffragettes faced in order to get the vote

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Source b claims that women should not have the right to vote we know this because the text states ''women were and are destined to make voters rather than to be voters themselves'' this shows that some educated women apposed the vote too, this may be from fear of change or just tradition, Marie Corelli is the author of the book and even though she was at the forefront of rights for the women it did not persuade her to support the female suffrage Champaign. At the start of the 1900s it was uncommon to find educated women; so Marie Corelli must have come from a house hold that respect women's rights and beliefs. Although Marie apposes female suffrage she had admitted that women had suffered in the hands of men ''it cannot be denied that woman suffer great injustice at the hands of men.'' This shows that she is aware that women were mistreated but she suggests that it’s the woman's fault, as they bring up their young to believe that this mentality was acceptable.

In the early 1900s women were expected to be modest and quiet. The suffragettes were the exact opposite, campaigning loudly across the streets and making a fuss; this was looked down upon by most men and some women. This poster emphasises this fact.

I believe that both source b and c agree that women should be allowed to vote but source c try's to show that the way there are going to get the vote is by peaceful protests and taking the case through the justice system. Whereas source b takes the approach in saying as long as the women bring their men up to believe that women have a lower status than men then they wont get what their looking for; ''…the result of the way in which mothers have reared their sons and still continue to …'' source b places the blame on the women themselves.

Both regard Bernard and Marie use connotations of sound to show the way women act. Marie uses the words shrill cry to show women's discomfort about the way they are treated. It shows desperation and sorrow within the women of the time. Similarly Bernard uses the word shrieking to show the discomfort and desperation of the women in the picture. This show that – like source b – Bernard believes that women had suffered greatly.

C is a cartoon by a man who is writing to arouse public attention therefore he shows the public what they want to hear. As the majority of the public apposes the suffragette campaign, Bernard has made a mockery of the suffragettes.

Source c and b take notice of the fact that women are mistreated; but they have different reasoning for this, therefore I have concluded that the differences between the two out weigh the similarities.

By Hydar Salman