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“How effectively did the movements for women’s suffrage promote their cause?”

Evaluating the impact of suffragettes like WSPU in promoting women's rights. Dive into key events, opposition, and public reactions.

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“How effectively did the movements for women’s suffrage promote their cause?”

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  1. ESSAY TITLE “How effectively did the movements for women’s suffrage promote their cause?”

  2. STEP 1: WHAT IS THE QUESTION ASKING YOU TO DO? In this case the question is asking you to … DECIDE WHETHER THE “SUFFRAGETTES” WERE CAMPAIGNING IN A WAY THAT WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED.

  3. This type of question is … • EVALUATING A TREND • The question asks for an evaluation of changes taking place over a number of years. • This is one of the most difficult to answer. • Suggested approach to this type of question is … • what were the different movements for women’s suffrage? • when each of the key events in the campaigns took place • who was involved and why? • did they get what they wanted? • if not, why not?

  4. THE BASIC PLAN Headings for your notes Opinions, Historiography and conclusions WSPU and other groups Other relevant factors e.g. World War I MOVEMENTS FOR WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE The cause Key events and people Opposition such as Liberal government

  5. The Introduction • The key features of a good introduction are … • Opening sentence – with attention grabbing comment or quote • Some reference to the specific words of the question – perhaps ‘defining the terms’ • Evidence of a line of argument • Concluding sentence – which could link to the next paragraph

  6. Attention grabbing opening sentence (with quotation) … Following a speech about women’s suffrage by Lady Kate Amberley – whose father-in-law had once been Prime Minister – Queen Victoria apparently said “She ought to get a good whipping!” Not all women were sympathetic to the cause of women’s suffrage. What do you think?

  7. Main Body of Essay • The key features of a well structured paragraph are … • Opening ‘topic’ sentence to make a point • Evidence – detailed and specific – to support the main point of the paragraph • Perhaps a sentence or two to deal with the historical debate • Concluding sentence –which could link to next paragraph This should be repeated as required to cover all the points in your plan

  8. WSPU and other groups

  9. The Cause

  10. Key People

  11. Opposition : The Liberal Government

  12. Other Relevant Factors

  13. Opinions and Historiography Such violence led to a mixed reaction. Of course, it gained publicity. Newspapers were able to provide the public with long reports and some photographs. Suffragettes were pleased that ‘The Cause’ was being brought to everyone’s notice. The reaction of the public, however, was mixed. Some felt that women were justified in going to such lengths. Many other believed that violence was totally wrong as a means of gaining an object. John Ray, The Place of Women (Nelson Studies in Modern History, 1971) A school textbook from the 1970s.

  14. The Suffragette movement developed into a tremendous force. Its increase of numbers made it no longer possible for its enemies to dismiss it as the cranky notion of a few women. The Suffragettes were helped, too, rather than hindered by the stupidity and brutality of those in authority. Time and again these brave women were sent to prison where they were treated with less consideration than the commonest and vilest criminal. When they went on hunger strike, they were forcibly fed. A great many people, who had not cared one way or the other about votes for women, changed their minds when they learned of such indignities. Edward Boyd, an article on ‘The Suffragette Movement’ in A Pageant of History (1958)

  15. Conclusion To this day, many people equate the British women’s suffrage struggle and the final victory with the famous Pankhurst family and their militant supporters in the WSPU. In its early years the WSPU was a bold, innovative, imaginative organisation, among the first to appreciate the value of publicity. Not without justification, its members regarded themselves as the elite soldiers of the ‘Votes for Women’ campaign. But for every suffragette there were always dozens of non-militant suffragists. Some would argue – including me – that it was the moderates of the NUWSS, led by Millicent Fawcett, who actually won the vote. In 1912, while the militants embarked on arson and bombing, the NUWSS made a successful working alliance with the growing Labour Party. It was this group which successfully lobbied for the 1918 Franchise Act. Joyce Marlow, Votes for Women (2000)

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