Women's Suffrage

In Britain during the 19th century women were allowed to vote.

• True

• False

It was assumed that woment did not need to vote because their husbands made all the important decisions.

• True

• False

Women were often treated as second-class citizens.

• True

• False

Which of the following sentences is wrong?

• A woman could be forced to stay in a husband's home against her will.

• Everything a woman owned passed to her husband when she married.

• A woman could divorce her husband when she wished it.

• A woman could only divorce her husband if she could prove his cruelty, adultery or desertion.

The National Movement for Women's Suffrage was formed in...

• 1782

• 1872

Who was the leader of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies?

• Millicent Fawcett

• Emmeline Pankhurst

Which statements are correct? The Suffragists...

• wanted the vote for middle-class, property-owning women

• used peaceful and non-violent demonstrations

• were polite and law-abiding

The Suffragettes - Women's Social and Political Union was founded by

• Emmeline Pankhurst

• Christabel Pankhurst

• Sylvia Pankhurst

• The three of them

the Pankhursts decided that direct action would be more affective. How did they protest?

• law-breaking

• violence

• hunger strikes

• drinking

The act that allowed the Suffragettes to go on a hunger strike and let them get weaker and weaker was called

• The Wolf and Sheep Act

• The Cat and Mouse Act