attempt to explain why some women got the vote in 1918 by discussing male and female spheres‚ the emergence of the suffrage societies and the similarities and differences between them. It shall proceed to discuss anti-suffrage‚ the role of politics‚ discuss how the war affected the women’s movement and finally the 1918 Representation of the People Act. It shall conclude was a summary of the points discussed. To understand the reasons behind some women getting the vote in 1918‚ one must look back
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Why Did Women Get The Vote in 1918 Women first petitioned Parliament for equality in 1649- but were told that it was unnecessary as their husbands represented them in political affairs. 250 years later many people in Britain (women as well as men) still agreed with the Parliamentary response to the petitioners for women’s rights in 1649. However‚ the women’s suffrage moment in Britain took hold of the country in the 1860’s. Women (over the age of 30) finally won the vote in 1918- although historians
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As argued by Martin Pugh pre-war campaigns played a significant role in gaining women the vote in 1918. Therefore it is important to consider the (NUWSS) suffragist campaign formed in 1897 by various women’s suffrage societies under the leadership of Millicent Fawcett. These members believed that they could achieve success peacefully within the law and they believed that securing the vote was the main objective to securing reforms benefiting women’s interests overall. The suffragists had gained
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Why did women get the vote in 1918? The government had a problem because men fighting in the war would not be able to vote in the election. The government changed the law so that the soldiers could vote. Women’s groups saw their opportunity and began to put pressure on the government to include votes for women in the changed law. David Lloyd George‚ the Prime Minister‚ was a supporter of women voting but not the use of violence. The Suffragettes stopped campaigning in the beginning of the war and
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Women were not treated as equals with men before the second half of the eighteenth century. They had to marry‚ obey their husbands and have children‚ only receiving little education. In the eyes of the law they had little power and men were their superiors. For example‚ once they were married‚ everything they owned belonged to their husband‚ this meant that if they separated the women would be left with nothing‚ not even her children‚ as they too‚ belonged solely to the husband. Around 1850‚ the
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Why all women got the right to vote by 1928. In 1928‚ all women finally got the right to vote. It took them 78 years to do it‚ but all their hard work had paid off. The women campaigning tried everything‚ for example‚ they got themselves arrested‚ they went on hunger strikes while in prison‚ they tried to get noticed by the media and many more. Some of the main things that really helped women get the vote were The Suffragists‚ The Suffragettes‚ Legislation and War Effort. The suffragists used
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By the time women began to fight for their right to vote‚ the majority of the people were against‚ on the other hand some men were‚ in some way‚ in pro‚ defending the woman suffrage. Women were the most interested people to get their rights‚ therefore‚ a lot of them wrote stuff to convince the people and the courts that they were able to choose people‚ that women also think and could have an opinion of some matter different than the breeding of sons that became free citizen and daughters that became
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Why did the stalemate end in 1918? By 1918 the western front was still in the middle of a stalemate‚ but now it looked like there might be a breakthrough that would lead to the end of the war. Even though defensive weapons had ben largely developed and were extremely dangerous offensive weapons had started to be developed largely. I believe the stalemate ended in 1918 due to several reason but mainly because of the entry of the USA into the war but there were other key factors such as the British
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the affirmative to why women in Australia should be given the rights to vote for many obvious reasons. My reasons being; firstly‚ we should all be treated equally with justice or else Australia would not be considered as an egalitarian society. Secondly‚ other countries have benefited their society by passing women’s suffrage. Lastly‚ women are just as hard-working as men and deserve as much as men do. To start off‚ I without a doubt believe that women should be able to vote as Australia or we
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Why Vote? The twenty fourth amendment‚ section one in the United States Constitution gives citizens the right to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President‚ for electors for President or Vice President‚ or for Senator or Representatives in Congress‚ and shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax (24 Amendment ). Voting is a privilege that our ancestors fought for‚ as citizens of
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