The Suffragettes and Votes For Women

Why were women not allowed to vote in the 19th century?

• their hats wouldn't fit through the door

• they had never asked for it before

• because they were considered to be homemakers

• because they couldn't read or write

A bill from _______ failed to pass through parliament in 1867

What does the word ‘suffrage’ mean?

• Suffrage means to suffer with age

• Suffrage means the right to suffer.

• Suffrage means the vote to right.

• Suffrage means the right to vote.

Explain why the suffragettes split from the suffragists.

Where did the name ‘suffragette’ come from?

• The Daily Mail newspaper

• the London Daily Mail newspaper

• the London Maily Dail newspaper

• Me mum

The suffragists were in favour of _____ MPs rather than violent action.

What is Emily Wilding Davison remembered for?

• for playing Mary Poppins in the 2018 film of that name.

• for throwing herself under the King’s horse at the Derby.

• for forming the Women's Social and Political Union.

• her keepy-uppy skills in primary school.

'The ___________ Act’ was brought in by the government to deal with hunger strikers. It meant women were released from jail when they were on the brink of starvation and then rearrested when they regained strength.

Why did the WSPU suspend their protests in 1914?

• They won the right to vote

• To support the war effort

• They decided they had had enough

• They had been arrested

In which year were all women over 21 given the same voting rights as men?

• 8192

• 1829

• 1982

• 1928