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How UK women get the vote - Coggle Diagram
How UK women get the vote
Suffragettes
fight for
more equality in general
their right to vote
Emmeline Pankhurst
used to
carry out
demonstrations which were sometimes violent (smash windows, refuse to eat, chain themselves to railings...)
Emily Davison
dies for the cause
suffragists
Millicent Fawcett
believe
in using non-violent tactics to persuade the country that women deserve the vote
have one goal in mind
get women the vote
the Representation of the People Act
allows :
some women to vote for the 1st time
all men over the age of 21 to vote too
of the
1918
the same year
the first woman was elected to the House of Commons
is
an important step in the fight for getting equality for women in society
Up until Victorian times (1837-1901), women had very few rights at all
During World War 1 many women take on jobs that men traditionally did
Equal Franchise Act
of the
1928
allows:
all women over the age 21 to vote
