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1
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Who was the leader of the WSPU?

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Emmeline Pankhurst

2
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Who was the leader of the NUWSS?

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Millicent Fawcett

3
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What does WSPU stand for?

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Women’s Social and Political Union

4
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What does NUWSS stand for?

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National Union of Women’s Suffrage Society

5
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When was the WSPU founded?

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1903

6
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How did suffragists protest? Give examples

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Peacefully e.g. marches, petitions, pilgrimage from Carlisle to London, meetings

7
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How did suffragettes protest? Give examples

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Violent and peacefully protest, although most famous for their militant protests e.g. heckling at meetings, arson attacks, smashing windows, going on hunger strike in prison.

8
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For what is Emily Wilding Davison most famous?

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She was killed as a result of being knocked down by the King’s horse at the Epsom Derby on 4th June 1913. Evidence suggests she deliberately ducked under the railings and stood on the racecourse in front of the horses, as a protest for Women’s Suffrage. She died on 8th June, in hospital, without regaining consciousness. She was a committed militant suffragette who had been in prison, and on hunger-strike several times.

9
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What was the motto of the WSPU?

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Deeds not Words

10
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What were the suffragette colours and what did they stand for?

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Green, White and Violet - Give Women the Vote

11
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Which women were given the vote in 1918?

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Women over 30.

12
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Why were women given the vote in 1918?

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a) A franchise bill was already being put through Parliament to give the vote back to British soldiers, so it was convenient
b) As a reward for women’s war work in World War 1
c) Fear that the suffragettes would renew their campaign once the war was over

13
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What jobs did women do in World War One?

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Worked in many different jobs and industries and as volunteers eg. munitions (munitionettes), engineering, land army, nurses, VADs, transport, grave-diggers. Female sections in the armed forces were also established.

14
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When did women in Britain gain the same voting rights as men?

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1928

15
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Who was Britain’s first female Prime Minister?

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Margaret Thatcher

16
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What was the ‘Cat and Mouse Act’?

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Government’s way of dealing with hunger-striking suffragettes. It allowed them to temporarily release hunger-strikers to avoid them dying in prison and becoming ‘martyrs to the cause’. Once fit, they would be returned to prison to complete their sentence.

17
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Why did Millicent Fawcett say her movement was ‘like a glacier’?

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Because it was slow-moving but powerful and unstoppable, and so would eventually succeed in winning the vote for women.

18
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Why did Queen Victoria oppose Women’s Suffrage?

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She believed politics to be unsuitable and unnatural for women.

19
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How did women’s lives change during World War One?

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Many, especially young, unmarried women, gained more freedom. A greater range of jobs and consequently greater independence was made available. By the end of the war women were wearing shorter skirts and make-up, and going out with young men without chaperones. In 1918, women over 30 gained the right to vote.

20
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In what ways were women’s freedoms limited in World War One?

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Wages - they were not paid the same as men for doing the same work. Many trade unions were hostile to women because they feared it would mean that men would lose work. When men returned from war, women lost their jobs.