WHY WOMEN WANTED THE VOTE
Source 1.A
1. According to the suffragist election leaflet, working women wanted the vote because
*
*
*
2. The suffragist election leaflet was produced to campaign for women’s views during an . The leaflet was also produced to explain why working women wanted the .
3. Certain words are highlighted to emphasise the benefits the vote would bring, such as and .
Source 1.B
1. The cartoon shows that women had very few rights because the woman is
. The tape shows the rights women did not have, such as the , financial and before the law.
2. The cartoonist suggests that the right to is the most important problem facing women as this is the around the woman’s mouth.
3. According to the cartoon, if women could vote they would be able to fight
and change such as remaining at home.
THE SUFFRAGISTS
Source 2.A
1. Three peaceful methods of protest mentioned in the source are
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*
*
Source 2.B
1. The writer of the letter would like Kirkwall Town Council to votes for women.
2. Kirkwall Town council (choose the correct ending)
a) decided to support votes for women
or
b) decided to do nothing and left the issue of votes for women open for discussion.
3. Source 2.B is useful as evidence of the methods used by suffragists to get the vote in the late 19th century because it is a source written at the time when suffragists were campaigning for the vote. The source is a record of a meeting held by Town Council and it is likely to be .
Source 2.C
1. The source tells us that women were holding a sale of work to raise
for the cause. Another reason for holding the sale was to allow the suffragists to demonstrate that they were as capable and as women who remained at home.
2. The suffragists asked for donations of
* home-made jam
*
*
* children’s clothing
3. One of the attractions at the sale would be a Holloway Cell. This was a prison for women/men (delete the wrong answer). The display was intended to show that women were being treated fairly/unfairly by the government.
THE SUFFRAGETTES
Source 3.A and Source 3.B
1. Sources 3.A and 3.B provide evidence about the different methods suffragettes used to win the vote. Source 3.A shows women peacefully
. In contrast, Source 3.B describes a woman arrest for causing damage to
.
Source 3.C
1.Source 3.C is valuable as evidence of the suffragettes protest to gain the vote in the early 20th century because it is a primary/secondary (delete the wrong answer) source from the time when women were campaigning for the vote. The source is an official court document and is therefore an accurate/inaccurate record of what actually happened. The source also lists the against the women and records the they received.
Source 3.D
1. When a woman was a catheter (tube) was pushed into her . . . . The tube was connected to a feeding and warm was then poured down the tube. Once had been poured into the stomach, more warm water was poured through the tube. The then pinched the tube together before pulling it from the stomach.
2. Women were force-fed foods such as
- Thin C------
- Mixture of M--- and E---
- B----
3. According to the source, the force-feeding process was complete in
a) 10 minutes
b) 5 minutes
c) 2-3 minutes
Source 3.E
1. Edith Johnstone was also known as
- Ethel M
- M Humphreys
- Margaret M
Many suffragettes used aliases because .
2. Edith Johnstone went on hunger strike times.
3. Edith Johnstone was released in October 1913 under the P------T------D------A--.
4. Source 3.E is reliable as evidence of the treatment of Suffragettes in Scottish prisons before 1914 because it is a primary/secondary source from the time when suffragettes were being imprisoned. The source is an official documents and tells us that
OPPOSITION
Source 4.A
1. The author of this letter wants “to weep” because she sees women
.
2. The author of the letter believes women should
a) stay at home
b) fight for the vote
The words in the source which tell me this are .
3. This source is useful in showing us the views of ordinary people towards the women’s suffrage movement because it is a primary/secondary source written at the time when women were campaigning for the vote. The author is an ordinary person and is likely to be honest/dishonest in the letter to her son.
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Sources 5.A and 5.B
1. The photographs show us that women during the First World War.
2. Women were required to do these jobs because
3. Sources 5.A and 5.B are valuable as evidence of the reasons women were given the vote in 1918 because
However, these sources only show women working, they do not tells us the reasons why women were given the vote.