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history revision (attitudes to women getting the vote (it was felt that…
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attitudes to women getting the vote
it was felt that women could not be trusted to vote rationally
women were seen as physically, mentally, emotionally and morally inferior to men
a woman's sphere of influence was seen to be the home and raising children
public life, including politics was seen to belong to the male sphere of influence
it was believed that women involved in politics would neglect their responsibilities at home
it was assumed that women did not need the vote - their husbands took that responsibility
some women even believed that females were not capable of understanding politics
work women did during the work
train cleaners
bus conductors
volunteer policewomen
they worked with dangerous chemicals in factories
drove tractors on farms
transported coal on barges
tactics used by the suffragettes
Suffragette Tactics. Suffragette tactics ranged from passive protest to militancy
.At the beginning of the Suffragette movement, activists tended to use more peaceful protest,
tactics used by the suffragists
They used lobbying techniques to persuade Members of Parliament sympathetic to their cause to raise the issue of women's suffrage in debate on the floor of the House.