Women's right to vote

Suffrage is...

• the right for women to vote

• The right to vote

• The women who fought for women's rights

• the fight for women's rights

The first country to give women the right to vote was...

• The United States

• England

• New Zealand

• Australia

Answer explanation

New Zealand in 1893

Australia in 1908

The United States in 1920

England in 1918 then 1928!

Which of the following women was not a suffragette?

• Emmeline Pankhurst

• Susan B. Anthony

• Ellen Axson Wilson

• Emily Davison

Answer explanation

Ellen Louise Wilson (May 15, 1860 – August 6, 1914) was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson and the mother of their three daughters.

In Great Britain, militant suffragettes did the following…

• window smashing

• started fires

• cut telegraph wires

• hunger strike

During World War I, suffragettes…

• continued pushing for the right to vote

• stopped their women’s rights campaign to support the war effort

• fought as soldiers

• did not do anything

“Deeds not words” was the motto of which group, founded in the UK in 1889, which campaigned for women’s suffrage?

• National Society for Women’s Suffrage

• The Women’s Social and Political Union

• Women’s Franchise League

Why is Emily Davidson remembered?

• for going on hunger strike

• for burning down shop buildings

• For starting the WSPU

• For jumping in front of the King's horse

What does the NUWSS stand for?

• National Union of Wearing Socks and Sandals

• National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies

• New Use of Women's Suffrage Society

• New Union of Women's Social Standard

What was the nickname of the NUWSS?

• Suffragettes

• Suffragists

Who created the peaceful NUWSS?

• Emmeline Pankhurst

• Millicent Fawcett

• Emily Davidson

• Emmeline Lawrence