The Suffragettes

What is a Suffragette?

• A sandwich

• A woman fighting for the right to vote.

• A woman who wears lots of makeup.

• A woman who works in a shop.

What kind of things could women not do before the Suffragettes?

• Go to university.

• Look after their baby.

• Cook and clean.

• Vote.

• Wear trousers.

What violent things did the Suffragettes do?

• Burn Churches.

• Shoot people.

• Attack people.

• Chain themselves to railings.

• Vandalize shops.

Which group did Emmeline Pankhurst form?

• Women's Sandwich and Pie Union

• Women’s Social and Political Union

• Women's Shakespeare and Performance Union

Who stepped in front of the King’s horse?

• Emily Pankhurst

• Kitty Marion

• Dora Thewlis

• Emily Davison

What did the Suffragettes achieve?

• The right to vote at age 30 in 1918.

• The right to vote at age 21 in 1928

• The right to run for Prime Minister.

• The right to fight in the war.