UNI EDUCATION PRESENTATION

Suffragette Movement

let them vote

Women bring all voters into the world

Janavi RS9C

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Introduction

Emergence

After World War I

Activists

Timeline

introduction

By the end of the 18th century only a few democracies had emerged, and they barred women from voting. Many men were also excluded from voting, with restrictions commonly based on race, property ownership, and education or literacy. When suffrage began to be extended to larger groups of male citizens—as, for example, in the United Kingdom in 1832—women were still denied voting rights.

EMERGENCE

In the British campaign for woman suffrage, Millicent Garrett Fawcett was known for her "constitutional" approach: a more peaceful, rational strategy, in contrast to the more militant and confrontational strategy of the Pankhursts. Emmeline Pankhurst, her daughters Christabel, Sylvia and Adela Pankhurst, and a small group of women based in Manchester founded the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903.The WSPU aimed to ‘wake up the nation’ to the cause of women’s suffrage through ‘Deeds Not Words’. This was the beginning of the Suffragette movement. In 1906, the WSPU relocated their headquarters to London. This transformed the suffrage movement, and for the next 8 years, the Suffragettes' fight to win the vote became a highly public and, at times, confrontational struggle.By basing its headquarters in London meant the Suffragettes could protest where the government was situated. Women's Sunday in June 1908 was known as the first 'monster meeting' to be held by the WSPU. It brought Suffragettes from all over the United Kingdom Many Suffragettes were sent to Holloway Prison in North London where they protested against the refusal to treat them as political prisoners by going on hunger strike. In response, the government introduced a policy of force-feeding.

AFTER WORLD WAR I

• The outbreak of the First World War brought an immediate suspension of militant action and public protest as the Suffragettes threw themselves into supporting the war effort. The end of militancy also resulted in the release of all Suffragette prisoners. militant efforts also saw the end of Suffragette hunger striking in Britain.

• The Women's Social and Political Union had not succeeded in achieving the vote, but its campaigning style eased the way for women to take a more active and public role in society during the war. It was this role that was acknowledged with the granting of the parliamentary vote to a limited number of women over the age of 30 in 1918.

• The next milestone was achieved in 1928 with the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act whereby voting rights were granted to all women over the age of 21, signalling the first time that women had achieved electoral equality with men.Struggle for Suffrage

ACTIVISTS

Emmeline Pankhurst

Millicent Garrett Fawcett

Emmaline and her daughters, Christabel Pankhurst and Sylvia Pankhurst, were leaders of the more confrontational and radical wing of the British suffrage movement.

Millicent was known for her "constitutional" approach to gaining the vote for women, compared with the more confrontational approach by the Pankhursts.

Lucy Burns

Laurence Housman

Lucy met Paul when they were active in the British suffrage efforts of the WSPU. She worked with Paul in forming the Congressional Union, first as part of the NAWSA .

Laurence Housman and his sister, Clemence Housman, founded the Suffrage Atelier in February 1909. This was a studio that produced artistic propaganda for the suffrage movement

TIMELINE

1912

1897

1908

1909

1903

Suffrogettes attack private property, break windows and start fires

Millicent Fawcett found the National Union of Women's Suffrage

Several Suffrogettes are imprisoned and go on Hunger Strike

Emmeline is arrested twice for protesting outside the Parliament

Emmeline Pankhurst found the Women's Social and Political Union

1979

1914

1919

1928

1918

Margoret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minsister

World War I begins and many women enter the worksplace as there was shortage of men

The Right to vote is extended to women over the age of 21

Nancy Astor becomes first female Member of the Parliament

Women over the age of 30 and homeowners are given rights to vote

Janavi RS

CLASS - IXSECTION - C ROLL NO. - 09 SUBJECT - Civics SCHOOL - dpsw

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