... more slowly. Therefore the war was not the most significant factor which led to the franchise. Other factors were far more important, such as the suffrage movement and other reasons. Thus the war was a catalyst in which eventually the ...

... campaigning for the vote, and started campaigning about the war. I think the government might have taken note of this, that they could make themselves useful, and considered the vote for women. Whilst all of the men were away fighting, ...

... out during the war, they also stopped campaigning. This said a lot about the groups of women as it showed they were willing to temporarily stop their long and painful campaign for women's suffrage just to help the country when ...

... factories, even though it was very dangerous. It involved filling shells which had high risk of explosion, and many women lost their fingers, hands, eyesight and some even their lives. They also helped the wounded at the warfront, which was ...

... of militant activities, for example, Kitty Marion was so angry she went to USA to help American women in their fight for the vote. So many men had gone away to fight that women were needed to do their jobs. ...

... in the society and their abilities. They did the work previously done only by men, and they did it efficiently. They showed their patriotism by helping their country in need and bringing huge contributions to the war. It is obvious ...

... by the press and gained them sympathy as they backed the very government they had recently been attacking. The Suffragists also supported the war, although as an organisation they did not actively encourage men to fight. They had built up ...

... this could argue that the illegal, violent and militant activities of the Suffragettes hardened the opposition to their demands. The government decided that they didn't want to give women the vote if they were lawless and destroyed other people's properties ...

... needed to be done so that the country could not only function, but actively support the war effort also. Women were called by the government to plug this gap. For the first time women were doing 'men's work' and were ...

... fight properly women stepped in to help. Because so many of the men whose jobs it was to make ammunition had left for war, their places had to be filled and women did this. Suffragettes helped as much as ...

... factories. However, in some jobs, they were resented because they had little or no training and were doing jobs which were previously seen as skilled jobs. Women gained access to a whole range of jobs that had previously been those of ...

... well as men. Jobs that women undertook during the war consisted of bus conductors, drivers, postal workers, farm labourers and coal deliverers. As well as the jobs that where vital to keeping the country running women also took up jobs ...

... to give women suffrage was the resignation of the Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith. Asquith who for many years had been firmly opposed to giving women the vote finally stepped down in 1916 after blame for military failures and the rising ...

... severely understaffed. This gave women the opportunity to work in a new variety of jobs that were previously exclusively men's jobs and many women were eager to prove that they were just as capable as men. The war made it ...

... hard, labouring jobs. Women freely took these jobs, which, men previously doubted women had the ability to do. By the end of the war women had shown men that they were not weak, frail, unintelligent creatures. Due to the hard ...

... of women's capability to everyday work. Women were employed in many industries, such as nurses in the armed forces, the land army, motor/car industry as mechanics or drivers, aeroplane industry, many clerical jobs were offered and many began to work ...

... would deal with. By the end of the war there about one million more women were working then there had been in the summer of 1914. Most of the women were undertaking jobs, which were done by the men who were ...

... much more respect from the government because of the work that they were doing. The jobs consisted of work towards the war, such as work towards the munition factories. On average they were doing these jobs just as well, or ...

... of the Suffragette's campaign in 1912 and this tells us that they were willing to try any method to attain the vote. 2) The writer of source B, a woman called Marie Corelli is obviously against the whole principle of votes ...

... of the Suffragette's campaign in 1912 and this tells us that they were willing to try any method to attain the vote. 2) The writer of source B, a woman called Marie Corelli is obviously against the whole principle of votes ...

... pay£10+ a year on rent * Servants who lived with their employers * Criminals * Lunatics Women were frustrated by the fact that they were put in the same category with uncivilised people and felt that by having the vote, this would eventually give ...

... class women. Women were at the bottom of the economic scale, as most women earned half of a male wage. Following Florence Nightingales work in the Crimean War, schools for the training of nurses were set up. Nursing thus became ...

... drove buses, delivered the post, worked as mechanics, window cleaners, fire fighters and did much heavier work in shipbuilding and steel making. This made women gain confidence, and they believed in themselves more. They knew that they could do just ...

... 1884 married woman ceased to be chattel of their husbands. In 1871 the first woman was admitted to Cambridge. Although women were not permitted to sit for degrees until 1949, this was still a huge step forward which enabled women to ...

... say in the country's affairs. One argument in favour of women shows pictures of what men could be: A convict, lunatic, owner of white slaves, unfit for service and a drunkard. This portrayed men as being responsible, but they ...