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history Britain
why some women received the vote in 1918
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what were the reasons that some women got the vote in 1918 name all factors | - changing attitudes - the NUWSS campaign - The WSPU campaign - the work women did in the war - examples of other countries |
| name all legal changes | - 1836 Caroline Norton , lady Stirling Maxwell - 1857 divorce act - 1884 married women's property act - 1884 matrimonial causes act - 1895 summaire juridiction act |
| Caroline Norton case | lady Stirling Maxwell was a famous writer who got divorced from her husband George Norton , but she never got to write or see her children again . her oldest son died in 1842 and she did a lot of campaigning for women rights . introduced in 1836 |
| the divorce act | gave women the right to divorce their husbands if they could prove bigamy , sogamy , or long term abandonment . introduced in 1857 |
| the married women property act | gave women the right to regain of gain property they had gained before of or after their marriage |
| the matrimonial causes act | the act was introduced in 1884 and it stripped the right of men to lock up their wives for refusing to have sex with them , it also required maintenance to be paid for women who partner had been convicted of assault |
| the summery jurisdiction act | this act was introduced in 1895 and stated that women who had been beaten could get a divorce |
| how did legal changes help women gain the vote in 1918 | it made them more equal under the law and gave them more ownership over property , body and children |
| limitations of the legal reforms | their were still examples of abuse , for example the mrs Jackson case , or that marital rape was not illegal until 1994 |
| municipaal franchise act | women were given some from of vote in 1869 with the municipal franchise act which gave some rate paying women the right to vote in their Local election , this act was extended to all women rate payers in 1894. |
| poor law guardians | the first poor law guardian was appointed in 1875 by 1900s there were approximately a 1000 female poor law guardians . people like Emmeline Pankhurst fought for more comfortable chairs in poor law houses for elderly people |
| on the other hand political changes | the work women were doing was often seen as domestic thus reforming their position in society rather than challenging stereotypes . women were also seen to be incapable of understanding national politics as it was about war , and tax |
| why were the political changes good | because it helped women break stereotypes , it gave them a taste of work and politics . it also showed the rest of the society that women could have a positive impact on politics . |
| Touten commissie | Touten held an investigation in to the British schooling system . in 1860 he found that women and men have the same brain capacity . it also found that inn 1864 there were only 12 secondary schools for girls |
| what were the reasons that some women got the vote in 1918 name all factors | - changing attitudes - the NUWSS campaign - The WSPU campaign - the work women did in the war - examples of other countries |
| name all legal changes | - 1836 Caroline Norton , lady Stirling Maxwell - 1857 divorce act - 1884 married women's property act - 1884 matrimonial causes act - 1895 summaire juridiction act |
| Caroline Norton case | lady Stirling Maxwell was a famous writer who got divorced from her husband George Norton , but she never got to write or see her children again . her oldest son died in 1842 and she did a lot of campaigning for women rights . introduced in 1836 |
| the divorce act | gave women the right to divorce their husbands if they could prove bigamy , sogamy , or long term abandonment . introduced in 1857 |
| the married women property act | gave women the right to regain of gain property they had gained before of or after their marriage |
| the matrimonial causes act | the act was introduced in 1884 and it stripped the right of men to lock up their wives for refusing to have sex with them , it also required maintenance to be paid for women who partner had been convicted of assault |
| the summery jurisdiction act | this act was introduced in 1895 and stated that women who had been beaten could get a divorce |
| how did legal changes help women gain the vote in 1918 | it made them more equal under the law and gave them more ownership over property , body and children |
| limitations of the legal reforms | their were still examples of abuse , for example the mrs Jackson case , or that marital rape was not illegal until 1994 |
| municipaal franchise act | women were given some from of vote in 1869 with the municipal franchise act which gave some rate paying women the right to vote in their Local election , this act was extended to all women rate payers in 1894. |
| poor law guardians | the first poor law guardian was appointed in 1875 by 1900s there were approximately a 1000 female poor law guardians . people like Emmeline Pankhurst fought for more comfortable chairs in poor law houses for elderly people |
| on the other hand political changes | the work women were doing was often seen as domestic thus reforming their position in society rather than challenging stereotypes . women were also seen to be incapable of understanding national politics as it was about war , and tax |
| why were the political changes good | because it helped women break stereotypes , it gave them a taste of work and politics . it also showed the rest of the society that women could have a positive impact on politics . |
| Touten commissie | Touten held an investigation in to the British schooling system . in 1860 he found that women and men have the same brain capacity . it also found that inn 1864 there were only 12 secondary schools for girls |
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