... wanted the laws altered". They held meetings with politicians; these were held to argue women's suffrage and to persuade politicians. The suffragists also distributed leaflets so people could know more about them and argued that some women (e.g. doctors and ...

... were still in operation, and not paid a great deal. 2) a) From source A, I can see that the NUWSS wee a peaceful, well-organized suffrage group. They have taken a very mature, responsible way of handling the situation of suffrage. b) ...

... wanted the right to vote for a number of reasons. The views of women were taken from the past, where women were seen as 'goods' which belonged to their men. In 1900, women in Britain were not allowed to vote ...

... paid and worked fewer hours. The main reason for such high pay was the danger the jobs involved. The author started work "hand cutting shell fuses" for which she was paid $5 a week, ten times her wage as a ...

... the inclusion of women with property to be privileged to be allowed to vote for members of Parliament. The House of Commons laughed at her proposed idea, a reaction which would be repeated many times over. Pursuing peaceful methods, by ...

... when over half their adult population couldn't vote. Against: * Men and women have separate 'Spheres', may believed that men and women had different roles, men were meant to work and be interested in politics, while women were meant to clean and ...

... assumed that France was weak and could be beaten in six weeks, and that Russia was much stronger, but would take longer to mobilise its army however by the time Russia would have mobilised the Germans would have defeated France ...

... emerged and the writer may have given this view of Haig to satisfy public opinion of this time. However the facts it gives are likely to be true as British commanders were rewarded more handsomely than the average soldier. It ...

... Lieutenant. It is also very clear that overall it was horrible, as the lieutenant describes the trenches quite negatively. Although the trenches did fulfil some of the war's practical needs, for example the lieutenant was able to 'fix up machine ...

... 3 countries: Great Britain, France and Russia. The Triple Alliance was formed in 1882 also consisting of 3 countries: Germany, Italy and Austria -Hungry. These alliances were important because they meant that some countries had no option but to declare ...

... the barbed wire would be destroyed by the bombardment and that all they needed to do was walk up to the German trenches. The troops ended up walking to their deaths as the wire was not even damaged. Bombardment was also ...

... with his troops and complimented them, very different to in Source A where he had no optimism or positive comments about his troops whatsoever. Source B suggests that there was more to Haig than was first thought; it then gives the ...

... been around at the time. The researching historian could then investigate these in order to gain a clearer impression of the men's attitudes towards their officers. Source C is extremely biased and as such is not much use to a ...

... They were not informed and could not foresee that they would be split up and that they would be placed into an unknown environment. The photo gives a good idea of how evacuation would have started for many young children, ...

... in 1988 it is an interview with a teacher who says she endured the evacuation journey. The source is a personal account of what happened during the start of the evacuation journey and how emotional parents were forced to leave ...

... to year but being repeated at some point (http://www.data-archive.ac.uk). The 2001 survey was conducted between October and December 2001 and involved 1800 face-to-face interviews, conducted in the respondents homes, allowing for more open and honest answers, with adults aged 18 ...

... the worst and stockpile coffins. It was against this backdrop that mass evacuation took place. Nevertheless, evacuation did save many lives across Britain and for that reason it must have been a great success. Yet, there were many errors that ...

... war created a mood that was 'favourable to change'. Source J, an extract from a speech by Herbert Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister in 1917, contradicts these sources slightly. He said that he believes women should have the vote, firstly ...

... even attempted to blow up a Cinema. When this operation had also failed, they decided to use propaganda and decided to change their tactics and make a more subtle approach, reaching people through common sense. The poster designed by the ...

... reared their sons and still continue to rear them.' i.e. they don't still learn what their mistakes are, and still continue with them. Therefore they make themselves suffer. Also, Corelli, in the title of her book 'Woman or Suffragette', divides ...

... war took place. It is for this reason that I hypothesise that the view that 'The Nations old ways of life and thought perished in the mud of Flanders' is invalid: because the war is surrounded by a period of ...

... in the Passchendaele area. However, capturing the ridge was essential to gaining the upper hand in the Ypres salient and by the end of his campaign the British troops had this strategic point in their favour. They had also achieved ...

... many heavy points why women should be given the right to vote, such as; if parliament made up laws, and women had to follow them, women should also be a part in the process of making new laws. However, Millicent ...

... women had been campaigning and at some point they would have got the vote without the First World War happening. Even though there was a major campaign, which happened before the war, the change in government would have been a major ...

... the war effort in munitions factories and as nurses in the field for example: this shows that the government attitude had changed and so supported women working outside the domestic sphere in general and shows that women could be trusted ...