Votes for woman Arli 2020

Kia Ora Today I would like to share my votes for woman's rights questions first we had to read a passage about woman's rights and then we had to answer these questions enjoy.

Votes for Women

1. How old do you need to be to vote in a general election in Britain today? 18

2. Why were women not allowed to vote in the 19th century? Because they were viewed as home makers to take care of the house while the men took care of financial politic business.

3. In which year did John Stuart Mill propose a bill to give women equal voting rights? June the 4th 1919

4. What does the word ‘suffrage’ mean? The right to vote in political elections

5. What kind of protest methods did the NUWSS use?
Led by Millicent Fawcett, the NUWSS used parliamentary procedure to try to achieve its aims, lobbying MPs through petitions, public meetings and letters, while influencing public opinion via local branch activities. Propaganda, often in the form of leaflets, played an important role in this.

6. How did the suffragettes’ methods differ from those used by the suffragists? suffragists believed in peaceful, constitutional campaign methods. In the early 20th century, after the suffragists failed to make significant progress, a new generation of activists emerged. These women became known as the suffragettes, and they were willing to take direct, militant action for the cause

7. What is Emily Wilding Davison remembered for? Born October 11, 1872, in London, England, Emily Wilding Davison was one of Britain's most famous suffragists. ... After leaving school, Davison found work as a teacher. She eventually started dedicating her spare time toIn social and political activism. In 1906, Davison joined the Women's Social and Political Union

8. Explain what ‘The Cat and Mouse Act’ was. The government passed a law called the cat and mouse act which allowed women to be released from jail.

9. What did the suffragettes do from 1914 onwards and why?

The outbreak of the First World War in 1914
prompted the suffragettes to suspend some of
their protests to help the war effort. This gained
them more support and proved that the women
were rational enough to be able to vote.
In 1918, the Representation of the People
Act allowed some women over the age of 30
who owned certain types of property to vote.
However, it was not until 1928, when the Equal
Franchise Act was passed, that all women over
21 were able to vote, giving them the same
voting rights as men.
In 1969, the voting age for both men and
women were lowered to 18. It remains this age
today.

10. In which year were all women over 21 given the same voting rights as men? 1928