Women's Day - British culture

Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political and economic e_______

of sexes.

When is International Women's Day?

• February 14

• April 1

• March 17

• March 8

They fought for the women to have the right to vote

• Democrats

• Suffragettes

• Socialists

• Feminists

Women were given the same voting rightsas men in:

• 1928

• 1999

• 1981

• 1879

Match the pictures of iconing British women to their names

• Queen Elizabeth I

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• J.K. Rowling

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• Queen Victoria

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• Agatha Christie

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• Jane Austen

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Agatha Christie has been known for her ​ (a)   .

Beatrix Potter wrote ​ (b)   . One of the most famous Potter's characters is ​ (c)   .

​ (d)   was a poor, single mother when she wrote ​ (e)   .

• crime novels
• children's books
• Peter Rabbit
• J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter
• Winnie the Pooh
• Jane Austen
• romance novels
• Shaun the Sheep

She wrote novels about love and marriage of the gentry

• J.K. Rowling

• Jane Austen

• Beatrix Potter

• Agatha Christie

The longest-reigning monarch in British history.

• Queen Victoria

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Queen Mary

• Queen Elizabeth II

William Shakespeare lived in the same time as

• Queen Mary

• Jane Austen

• Queen Elizabeth I

• J.K. Rowling

Queen Elizabeth II was famous for her love of....

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