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Flashcards by sagar.joban, updated more than 1 year ago
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| When were women given the vote?: After WW1 | All men over 21 could vote, Women over the age of 30 could vote and women over 21 who were household owners or married to one were able to vote. Around 9 million women gained the vote - mainly the older, wealthier ones. All women got the vote by 1928. |
| When were women given the vote?: 1914-5 | Differences between suffragists and suffragettes disappeared - they raised money for women stranded by husbands and the Pankhursts' concentrated on encouraging young men to enlist. |
| When were women given the vote?: 1916 | Government decided on a new Representation of the People Act to give all men the vote. Women argued that they should also give votes to women shown by their massive contribution to the war effort. This was helped by DLG who became PM in Dec. 1916 as he supported the suffrage. |
| When were women given the vote?: 1917-18 | By June 1917, most members of the Government accepted that some women would get the vote in the new Act - Millicent Fawcett accepted this. Approved by House of Commons in 1917 and then House of Lords in 1918. Women had their first general election in Dec. 1918. |
| When were women given the vote?: How important was the War in securing votes for women? | Many historians believe that it was the main reason - others believe that it gave MPs a chance to fight for the suffrage without looking like they were giving in to them. Many point out that it was a combination of war work and the pressure of the NUWSS/WSPU that led to it in 1918. |
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