WHY WOMEN WANTED THE VOTE
Source 1.A
1. According to the suffragist election leaflet, working women wanted the vote
because
*
*
*
2. The suffragist election leaflet was produced to campaign for women’s views
during an
. The leaflet was also produced to explain why working
women wanted the
.
3. Certain words are highlighted to emphasise the benefits the vote would bring, such
as
and
.
Source 1.B
1. The cartoon shows that women had very few rights because the woman is
. The tape shows the rights women did not have,
such as the
, financial
and
before the law.
2. The cartoonist suggests that the right to
is the most important problem
facing women as this is the
around the woman’s mouth.
3. According to the cartoon, if women could vote they would be able to fight
and change
such as remaining at home.
THE SUFFRAGISTS
Source 2.A
1. Three peaceful methods of protest mentioned in the source are
*
*
*
Source 2.B
1. The writer of the letter would like Kirkwall Town Council to
for women.
votes
2. Kirkwall Town council (choose the correct ending)
a) decided to support votes for women
or
b) decided to do nothing and left the issue of votes for women open for discussion.
3. Source 2.B is useful as evidence of the methods used by suffragists to get the vote
in the late 19th century because it is a
source written at the time when
suffragists were campaigning for the vote. The source is a record of a meeting held
by
Town Council and it is likely to be
.
Source 2.C
1. The source tells us that women were holding a sale of work to raise
for the cause. Another reason for holding the sale was to allow the suffragists to
demonstrate that they were as capable
and
as women
who remained at home.
2. The suffragists asked for donations of
* home-made jam
*
*
* children’s clothing
3. One of the attractions at the sale would be a Holloway Cell. This was a prison for
women/men (delete the wrong answer). The display was intended to show that
women were being treated fairly/unfairly by the government.
THE SUFFRAGETTES
Source 3.A and Source 3.B
1. Sources 3.A and 3.B provide evidence about the different methods suffragettes
used to win the vote. Source 3.A shows women peacefully
. In
contrast, Source 3.B describes a woman arrest for causing damage to
.
Source 3.C
1.Source 3.C is valuable as evidence of the suffragettes protest to gain the vote in the
early 20th century because it is a primary/secondary (delete the wrong answer) source
from the time when women were campaigning for the vote. The source is an official
court document and is therefore an accurate/inaccurate record of what actually
happened. The source also lists the
against the women and records
the
they received.
Source 3.D
1. When a woman was
a catheter (tube) was pushed into her
. . .
. The tube was connected to a feeding
and warm
was then poured down the tube. Once
had been poured into the stomach,
more warm water was poured through the tube. The
then pinched the
tube together before pulling it from the stomach.
Word Box
Water
Funnel
Stomach
Doctor
Force-fed
Food
2. Women were force-fed foods such as



3.
a)
b)
c)
Thin C-----Mixture of M--- and E--B----
According to the source, the force-feeding process was complete in
10 minutes
5 minutes
2-3 minutes
Source 3.E
1. Edith Johnstone was also known as



Ethel M
M
Humphreys
Margaret M
Many suffragettes used aliases because
2. Edith Johnstone went on hunger strike
.
times.
3. Edith Johnstone was released in October 1913 under the P-------- T-------- D-------A--.
4. Source 3.E is reliable as evidence of the treatment of Suffragettes in Scottish
prisons before 1914 because it is a primary/secondary source from the time when
suffragettes were being imprisoned. The source is an official documents and tells us
that
OPPOSITION
Source 4.A
1. The author of this letter wants “to weep” because she sees women
.
2. The author of the letter believes women should
a) stay at home
b) fight for the vote
The words in the source which tell me this are
.
3. This source is useful in showing us the views of ordinary people towards the
women’s suffrage movement because it is a primary/secondary source written at the
time when women were campaigning for the vote. The author is an ordinary person
and is likely to be honest/dishonest in the letter to her son.
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Sources 5.A and 5.B
1. The photographs show us that women
during the First World War.
2. Women were required to do these jobs because
3. Sources 5.A and 5.B are valuable as evidence of the reasons women were given the
vote in 1918 because
However, these sources only show women working, they do not tells us the reasons
why women were given the vote.