women

Arguments for

• women over the last century had gained many rights
  • education - school and university
  • married women had control of their property
  • employment
    so why not the vote?

• the vote would get rid of inequalities

• it would improve men's moral behaviour towards women

• other countries have given women the vote

• Britain is not a true democracy until women have the vote

• women pay taxes and rents along with men

Arguments against

• women don't want the vote

• women and men have 'separate spheres'
  • the idea that men are suited to the 'public sphere' - work, politics, etc. whilst womenare suited to the 'domestic sphere' - families, home life, etc. Therefore, women should not vote in elections.

• women are already represented by their husbands

• it is dangerous to change a system that already works

• women don't fight for their country

Suffragists

• The Suffragists was a combination of different women's societies which joined together in 1897 to make the National Union of Women's Suffrage (NUWSS)
• Millicent Fawcett was their leader

What methods did they use?

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