The changinf role of women in society

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The changing role and status of women in Britain since 1900

1. How useful is source A as evidence about attitudes to suffragettes in 1908?

I believe that source A is not very useful in giving evidence about people's attitudes towards the suffragettes. The source has some strength's and also many weaknesses. The picture shows Emmeline Pankhurst addressing a large crowd; this shows us that suffragettes did have support from large amounts of people, meaning a number of people had a very positive attitude towards the suffragettes and their cause. Although you cannot tell whether or not the crowd are supporters or opponents of the suffragettes it does show that many people were willing to listen to their ideas, may mean that many people were undecided on the suffragettes and their ideas. The other strength of the source is the fact it is primary evidence, meaning that nothing about this picture could have been changed down the years, however the fact that it is a picture limits the usefulness of the photo greatly. However there are also many weaknesses you can find from looking at source A. No exact date is given in the caption above the source,