Starter quiz
- Middle class men were expected to earn enough to keep their wife and children in comfort; in return, their wives were expected to be like an ________ and devote their time to their families.
- 'enchantress in the castle'
- 'halo on the roof'
- 'angel in the home' ✓
- 'mother hen in the coop'
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- What piece of legislation prevented women from working more than ten hours a day in any place which employed more than fifty people?
- 1870 Factory Act
- 1870 Education Act
- 1867 Education Act
- 1867 Factory Act ✓
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- By 1900, what fraction of all teachers were women?
- 'three-quarters' ✓
- Who found fame as a nurse during the Crimean War (1853-1856)?
- Mary Cornellys
- Florence Nightingale ✓
- Elizabeth Cooke
- Isabella Whitney
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- By the end of the 19th century, ______ work, like teaching and nursing, was considered to be a predominately female occupation.
- 'clerical' ✓
- Which of the following suggest that, despite improvements, women in the workplace were still seen as less important than men in the 19th century?
- could work in whatever job they wanted
- often expected to resign when married ✓
- paid less than men for the same jobs ✓
- often excluded from the most senior roles ✓
- could ask for a pay rise whenever they wanted
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Exit quiz
- What keyword describes a woman who challenged traditional expectations of women in the 1920s?
- 'flapper' ✓
- In which year were married women finally recognised as individuals by the law instead of being regarded as the property of their husbands?
- 1897
- 1900
- 1884 ✓
- 1903
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- Match the keyword to the correct definition.
- franchise⇔the ability to vote ✓
- suffrage⇔the right to vote ✓
- suffragist⇔a campaigner for women’s right to vote using peaceful methods ✓
- suffragette⇔a campaigner for women’s right to vote using militant/violent methods ✓
- Who were the suffragettes led by?
- Florence Nightingale
- Millicent Fawcett
- Nancy Astor
- Emmeline Pankhurst ✓
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- Put the following events in chronological order.
- 1⇔founding of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
- 2⇔founding of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)
- 3⇔outbreak of WWI
- 4⇔passing of the Representation of the People Act
- 5⇔passing of the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act
- How many female MPs were there in 1931?
- 55
- 15 ✓
- 5
- 35
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Key learning points
- By 1900, many women believed the ability to vote was essential to further improve the lives of women.
- Suffragists and suffragettes campaigned for the franchise for women using very different tactics.
- Women's contribution during the First World War helped women win the franchise in 1918.
- Winning the franchise did not immediately lead to a radical transformation in the status and position of women.
- Young women in urban areas began to challenge traditional social expectations for women during the 1920s.
Common misconception
Winning the right to vote in 1919 led to a radical transformation in the status and position of women in society in the 1920s and 1930s.
Although the Representation of the People Act of 1919 was a significant turning point, Britain in the 1920s and 1930s remained a very patriarchal society.
Keywords
Franchise - the franchise is the ability to vote
Suffrage - suffrage is the right to vote
Suffragist - a suffragist was a person who campaigned for women’s right to vote using peaceful methods
Suffragette - a suffragette was a person who campaigned for women’s right to vote using militant, sometimes violent, methods
Flapper - a flapper was a more independent, fashionable woman who challenged traditional ideas about how women were expected to behave in the 1920s