I intend to examine the circumstances that led to a campaign for votes for women. The main factor was the change in how women viewed themselves and their roles in society.
Aimeé Allam History Coursework: Votes For Women (1,585 Words) Question 1 I intend to examine the circumstances that led to a campaign for votes for women. The main factor was the change in how women viewed themselves and their roles in society. Other contributing factors were that women had few legal rights and began to read news of how women were treated better abroad. Firstly, let us consider the way in which women were viewed. A woman's place was in the home where her role was been predominantly domestic. Docility, timidity and submissiveness were seen as highly attractive attributes in a wife. This was considered as the normal course of events. There were some women who agreed with and even embraced this stereotype, such as Mrs. Sandford who said in 1837 that 'Women are like children, the more they show they need looking after, the more attractive they are.' However, some women began to feel unfairly treated and realised that they were unable to fulfil their potential in life. These views were met with stern opposition from men: 'Woman, as mother, sweetheart, inspirer and friend, man accepts and welcomes. But once she begins to invade his province... his latent jealousy will burst into flame.' (Anti-Suffrage Review, 1910) The voting system in place at the time was discriminatory: only men who had owned a house for six months or lived in one for twelve could vote
Votes for Women in Britain 1900-1918
Question 1: Explain why women failed to get the vote between 1900 and 1914. Between 1900 and 1914, despite vigorous campaigning of different sorts, women failed to gain the vote for government in Great Britain. There were two groups at the time campaigning for the vote. Though these two groups had the same principle aim, they had very different ideas about how to go about achieving it. In many ways, it was the fact that they were both on the extreme ends of the scale that led to them failing to achieve the vote. The NUWSS The NUWSS (more commonly known as the Suffragists) believed that in order to gain the vote, they had to prove that women could be respectable, sensible and trusted people in society. They therefore decided that they would put together peaceful and intelligent campaigns to convince the government and the public that they both deserved and could be trusted with the vote. These campaigns usually consisted of marches through the streets, and were gradually growing in popularity (3,000 participants in the 1907 'Mud March' compared to 13,000 participants in the 1908 Albert Hall march), however they were still nowhere near large scale enough to even warrant large scale media coverage, let alone such a large change in government policy. In 1910, thanks to huge numbers of support gatherings and meetings held by the NUWSS, women came the closest they had ever
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage At the turn of the twentieth century, the ideal British woman in Great Britain was to maintain a demure manner, a composed façade. A delicate disposition with a distain for all things violent and vulgar. However, by this point in time, an increasing number of women were becoming ever more frustrated with their suppressed position in society. Women eventually went to extreme, militant measures to gain rights, especially to gain women the right to vote. Although this controversy in the short term could perhaps be seen to delay the implementation of women's suffrage, combined with the rest of their campaigning, the respect they received during World War 1 and the political situation of the country. The passionate protests by women in fact played a part, and helped ensure the granting of suffrage to women in Great Britain in January of 1918. Women's struggle for rights and equality started long before it had any noticeable effect, near the beginning of the 19th Century. In 1832, an unmarried property owner named Mary Smith petitioned Parliament, urging the inclusion of women with property to be privileged to be allowed to vote for members of Parliament. The House of Commons laughed at her proposed idea, a reaction which would be repeated many times over. Pursuing peaceful methods, by the end of the 19th Century, women had started to achieve many goals. They
What did women do during the war help get them the vote.
History did what women do during the war help get them the vote In my opinion many things contributed to women getting the vote in 1918 and what women did during the war was used more as a smoke screen by the government but it did gain them the public support they needed, which was crucial in gaining the vote Many thought women had proved themselves during the war and showed men how they were loyal to their country and would do anything for them, making them more acceptable candidates for the right to vote. The minister of munitions spoke up wondering how could anyone deny women the civil rights, which "she had earned by her hard work". One of the main reasons I feel the women gained the vote was because in 1918 the government quickly needed to pass an act for men to vote, as thousands of men who fought in the war lost the right to vote as the electoral register was based on housing, and after a few years of fighting abroad they had become dis-enfranchised. So the government set about immediately passing a voting act for men over 21. Women took this opportunity to try and get a vote passed for them and started putting pressure on MP's by sending them lots of letters and threatening to start up their violence campaign again. Another main reason the women got the vote was the serious threat of renewed violent action. We can see this from source J. Source j was taken from a
3rd September 1939 saw the beginning of World War Two, meaning the two countries involved, Britain and Germany, were about to go down in history for one of the most brutal acts of war known to man.
3rd September 1939 saw the beginning of World War Two, meaning the two countries involved, Britain and Germany, were about to go down in history for one of the most brutal acts of war known to man. After the Munich agreement, signed in September 1938, it had became apparent to the many leaders of Europe that the forthcoming war had been prevented. However, after Germany's invasion of Poland on the 1st September 1939, it then became clear that a second world war was inevitable. It was later revealed that the British government had started to prepare for a possible war long before it actually happened, they had witnessed the new technology developed by Germany during the Spanish civil war that was threatening Britain and had observed the mass destruction that blitzkrieg, the lightening war, had already caused and could possibly cause to Britain if allowed. Because of this the British government began to take precautions. There was no other option if they were to avoid nationwide casualties caused by German air raids. The most well-known of these measures was evacuation. Evacuation was introduced into Britain on the 1st September 1939. It consisted of the transporting of children from major cities to safe areas in the country side of Britain. These major cities were no longer considered safe for British children. During the first world war, Britain's success was largely due to
Votes For women - history
GCSE HISTORY- VOTES FOR WOMEN 1900- 1928 Study Source A. What can you learn from Source A about the reasons given by the Suffragettes for demanding votes for women? The Suffragettes were members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), a new women's suffrage organisation. Founded in Manchester in 1903 by the Pankhurst family, the approach was very much different from the moderate and law-abiding NUWSS - National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. The Suffragettes were a radical militant organisation who had no qualms about using weaponry or any kind of other forces, which could reverse a situation or influence a judgement. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst was a prominent figure in the WSPU. In her autobiography she outlines the plan of the Suffragettes, 'to secure for women the Parliamentary vote as it or may be granted to men'. Women fought for the vote as a means to an end. The vote had been a key factor in safeguarding the interests of men, and now women were demanding the same. Little progress could be made to improve women's working conditions, for example, until MP's were made accountable to female voters. They wanted the vote because all the important and lucrative positions are barred to them and opportunities of public service are denied. Source A is a poster produced in 1912 by the Suffragette in order to publicise their highly debatable campaign about women
Was the failure to make a breakthrough on the first day of the Somme the result of bad planning by Haig?
Was the failure to make a breakthrough on the first day of the Somme the result of bad planning by Haig? Many people, holding a great deal of experience and authority within the British Army, helped to co-ordinate the Battle of the Somme, and so to focus the blame on one person, I believe, is unjust; although no-one can undoubtedly say that this was the worst day in the history of the British Army. Haig has often been criticised for the ill-preparation for the Battle of the Somme. However, he was justified to make the necessary actions. This was most noticeable when he was forced by politicians to move the offensive to June rather than August, in order to distract German forces from Verdun and ultimately keep France in the war. Consequently many corners had to be cut in the manufacturing of munitions and the training of troops. So there should be no surprise that one third of all the shells fired never exploded due to faulty fuses. Furthermore, because he had to launch the attack prematurely by several weeks, Haig was not supplied with enough of the heavy artillery capable of destroying the deep German dug-outs; therefore when the first wave of British troops attacked they were overwhelmed by the German resistance. However, many individuals believe that Haig had not paid any attention to intelligence reports which stated that the Germans had deep concrete bunkers. But in
Home Front - source related study.
Dane Wilson Home Front Coursework . Source A was from a book published in 1990 called 'waiting for the all clear'. It was written to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Blitz and it was also written to celebrate Britain's victory. I can learn that people during the Blitz didn't have to be in a uniform to be heores, they kept their cool, determination and courage, they didn't let anything get them down. The source gives no contrary details to the source as in whether the morale boost was all over the country or just in specific places and how long they continued to be on this boost for. This is also a secondary source. 2. Sources B and C show both the good and bad aspects of the constant bombing. Source B is a picture of men placing dead bodies into body-bags at Catford Girls' school in london on 21st January 1943 where it was bombed on 20th January 1943 during an air raid. Source C shows a picture dated 15th September 1940 showing people with all of their belongings cheering and chanting with smiles on their faces despite their homelessness, this happened during the air raids in North London, the night before where their houses where demolished, their houses wrecked but the tennants' of the buildings still showed the British courage and determination. This was used as propaganda towards the public by the media. The Goverment did censor source B because they thought
why did the british government decide to evacuate children at the start of world war 2 ?
Aaron Locke Evacuation coursework question 1 Why did the British government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War? In this essay I am going to answer why the British government decided to evacuate children form Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War. Evacuation means leaving a place if it is putting lives in danger. Evacuation was introduced by the British government at the start of the Second World War and the first official evacuations began on September 1st 1939 two days before the declaration of war. The plan for evacuation was developed in the summer of 1938 by the Anderson committee they thought of this plan because it was predicted there would be high death tolls because of the aerial bombing around the coasts of England in the First World War and with Germanys technological advancement aerial bombing would be a lot worse. The evacuation plan was code named operation pied piper on September the 1st 1939 when on the first three days of evacuation the government had managed to move around 3.75 million people to safe zones out in the country side. The reason children were moved from major cities like London, Glasgow and Liverpool is because these would be a key target for the Germans. The Germans were looking to destroy Britain's industrial areas so places with big industrial
Without the First World War British women would not have gained the right to vote in 1918? Do you agree or disagree with this interpretation.
Question Two Amina Begum 10S Without the First World War British women would not have gained the right to vote in 1918? Do you agree or disagree with this interpretation. Women's position in 1914 was that they were accepted as second-class citizen. Women were dependent on their fathers and husbands. I agree with this statement as without the First World War breaking out women would not have been able to show the government and the public on how capable they were, and how equal they were when doing men jobs and helping out during the war. Men had an opportunity o see a different side to women, a side that women did not get to show. Like working in factories, businesses and other facilities working side by side with men this showed they were as tough and as capable as men. Source A is a speech made by Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst about the Importance of the vote for women. It is not stated where the speech was made but we have been told it was made in March 1908. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst was the leader of an organization called the suffragettes. The Suffragettes used violence to get what they wanted. All they got was attention but they did not get the vote. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst stated that it is important for women to vote, so they can put their views forward. This source is very useful to a Historian because this source shows us the view of a woman in the 1910s. This source
