Why women did not get the vote before 1914.

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Why Women Failed To Win The Vote Before 1914

In this essay I am going to be discussing why women did not get the vote before 1914.

Since the women of Britain saw from other countries that they could have right to be able to vote they strove to do so. At this time a women were not seen in the eyes of the law they did not have any rights but what there husband or father gave them, There wealth was limited by there husband, As soon as you were married what little rights and wealth they did have belonged to there husband. The strong view of women was to find a husband and once they were married they would have to care and bring up the children and help maid(s) clean up they were nothing more than tools used by the men. There were a few main reasons the men argued why women could not have the vote a strong one was that, It was way to complicated for women to understand, There was a strong famous women who proved this point of view wrong was Caroline Norton she was a well brought up in a middle class family. When she was eight when her farther died. In 1824 a man named George Norton fell deeply in love with her, he proposed marriage she was only sixteen and still at school, she refused Caroline was put under pressure from by her mother and forced to marry, her mother was mainly interested in helping her own financial problems. Between 1829 and 1833 the Norton’s had 3 baby boys unfortunately the marriage was a complete disaster. Caroline had no respect for her husband George stopped her disrespectful mouth by beating her.

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In the 1830 election George lost his seat in Guildford. Caroline though her contacts got George a job as a magistrate from a man called lord Melbourne (later to become the prime minister in 1835). The beating continued after Caroline’s kindness so she started making regular visits to escape her problems, to lord Melbourne when the lord became Prime Minister George claimed that the Prime Minister had and is having an affair George then sued lord Melbourne for adultery. In the end the prime minister won the court case. George grew increasingly cross and cut contact from Caroline and her ...

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