1. If this is the answer – what’s the question?
Topic:
Suffragettes
If this is the answer – what’s the question?

2. What was the motto of the Suffragettes?
If the answer is....
What is the question?
What was the motto of the Suffragettes?
Deeds, not words

3. Who was the founder of the Suffragists?
If the answer is....
What is the question?
Who was the founder of the Suffragists?
Millicent Fawcett 3

4. What were the colours of the Suffrage movement?
If the answer is....
What is the question?
What were the colours of the Suffrage movement?
Purple, White and Green 4

5. Who was the Prime Minister between 1908 – 16?
If the answer is....
What is the question?
Who was the Prime Minister between 1908 – 16?
Herbert Asquith 5

6. World War One If the answer is.... What is the question?
Which major conflict gave the women a chance to prove they were ‘worthy of the vote?’
World War One 6

7. What was the most significant reason for women gaining the vote in 1918?
Learning Objectives
To understand how women gained the vote by 1918.
To evaluate the significance of 3 different factors in helping women gain the vote.

8. Why might this be a problem and an opportunity?
In 1915 the government began to consider changes to the voting system.
Until this point, citizens living outside Britain were not allowed to vote in the elections.
Why might this be a problem and an opportunity?

9. Source: Millicent Fawcett in 1916
“Former opponents are now declaring themselves on our side, or at least have withdrawn their opposition. The change of tone in the press is most marked. The view has been expressed that the continued exclusion of women from representation will be impossible after the war.”
What is the message of this source?

10. Activity: Read the obituary from the Guardian newspaper (1929)
Write each of the 3 reasons (why women gained the vote) on different piece of coloured paper.
Write an explanation of how this factor helped women get the vote.
Take away 1 card (any card). Explain why women WOULD NOT have gained the vote with the 2 remaining factors.
Is 1 factor more important than the others? Explain your answer.

11. Plenary!
Hold up the coloured paper with the most / least important factor for women getting the vote.