... had the ongoing argument that all women were physically too weak to deal with politics and too interested in fashion and what dress to wear. They also stated that a female couldn't be an MP because she gets easily excited in an argument and faints. This could well be down to the fact that men at the time forced their wives to wear a tight corset under their frocks to create a desirable shape, which resulted in a lack of breath and the tendency to faint if, engaged in an argument! In the years running up to 1914 women campaigned hard to achieve their goal but to that date never succeeded, this could be down to the fact that they had yet to prove themselves in the great war of 1914-18. Up until that point many men had viewed their campaign as unruly, out of order and far too radical. ...

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