Women’s Rights in Britain First Wave Feminism: Suffrage CHY 4U
19 th Century Women Lynn Abrams, BBC History, Ideals of Womanhood in Victorian Britain, 2001, (Nov. 23, 2005). Domestic - moralHidden under petticoats
Clothing James Farr, World Eras, Vol. 9: Industrial Revolution in Europe (Detroit: Gale, 2003), 226, 139. Middle Class Working class
Middle Class Ideal: Separate Spheres Private SpherePublic Sphere HomeOutside the home Leisure timeWorking time FamilyNon-family relations Personal relationshipsImpersonal relationships Legitimate love and sexuality Illegitimate sexuality moralityImmorality harmonyDivision Ibid., p. 268.
Victorian Britain BBC History, Historic Figures, Queen Victoria, N.d., (Nov. 23, 2005). Queen Victoria
Double Burden for Working Class Work and looking after the home and family Lynn Abrams, BBC History, Ideals of Womanhood in Victorian Britain, 2001, (Nov. 23, 2005).
Suffragists - Moderates Millicent Fawcett, NUWSS leader Helena Wojtczak, Victorian Web, The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 2000, (Nov. 23, 2005). NUWSS Banner
Middle Class Values Public speaking, efforts to persuade parliament BBC, GCSE Bitesize, History: Votes for Women, 2010, (Dec. 12, 2010).
Suffragettes - Militants Helena Wojtczak, The Women’s Social and Political Union, Victorian Web, 2000, (Nov. 23, 2005). Emmeline Pankhurst, WSPU leader, 1908 BBC History, Historic Figure,. Emmeline Pankhurst, N.d., (Nov. 23, 2005). Women’s Social and Political Union banner
Suffragette Methods Museum of London Picture Library, N.d., (Nov. 26, 2005); Dominic Casciani, Spy Pictures of Suffragettes Revealed, BBC News, 2003, (Nov. 23, 2005). Pamphlets and press
Meetings 1908 Suffragette meeting Another Nickel in the Machine, 2009, (Dec. 12, 2010).
Books and Fundraising 1911 “An Anti- Suffrage Alphabet” makes fun of those who oppose women’s suffrage; made to raise money Museum of London, An Anti-Suffrage Alphabet: 1911, Image Number , N.d., rch=truerch=true (Dec. 12, 2010).
Demonstrations and Arrests Arrests of suffragettes Casciani, The History of the Suffragettes. Emmeline Pankhurst speaking in Trafalgar Square
Hunger Strikes Casciani, Spy Pictures of Suffragettes Revealed, BBC News, 2003, (Nov. 23, 2005); John Bull and Uncle Sam, 4 Centuries of British American Relations, Library of Congress, 2000, (Nov. 23, 2005). Gaining sympathy Prison notes on hunger strikes
Gov’t Response Lady Constance Georgina Lytton - injured by force feeding BBC History, Historic Figure, Emily Davison, N.d., (Nov. 26, 2005); BBC History, Historic Figures, Lady Constance Georgina Lytton, N.d., (Nov. 26, 2005). Being force fed
Violence Catapult used to break windows in 1911 WSPU campaign – 200 women arrested Museum of London, Catapult Used for Breaking Windows: 20 th Century, Image , N.d., (Dec. 12, 2010).
The Most Radical Method? Emily Davison, martyr June, 1913 in memory of Davison Microfilm Services at British Library Newspapers, 1997, (Nov. 26, 2005).
Martyrdom H Marcuse, UCSB History, 2003, 26, 2005). Davison on Derby Day 1913 in front of the king’s horse
Sympathy Museum of London Picture Library, N.d., (Nov. 26, 2005). Emily Davison’s Funeral
Cheered... Released from prison The National Archives Learning Curve, Power Politics and Protest, N.d., (Nov. 26, 2005).
...and Reviled Ernestine Mills at the demonstration The National Archives Learning Curve, Power, Politics and Protests, N.d., (Nov. 26, 2005). Invitation to parliamentary demonstration 1910
Anti-Suffragette Messages Learn History, Crime, Punishment and Protest Through Time, c , The Suffrage Movement, 2004, (Dec. 12, 2010). National Campaign for Opposing Woman Suffrage
Postcard 1909 postcard sent to WSPU head- quarters Museum of London, Home Sweet Home: Striking Example of a Suffragette’s Home: 1909, Image , N.d., (Dec. 12, 2010).
Anti-Women’s Suffrage Postcards, 1910 Museum of London, Two Anti-Women’s Suffrage Postcards: 1910, Image , N.d., (Dec. 12, 2010).
Postcard 1912 anti- suffrage postcard Museum of London, No Votes, Thank You. The Appeal of Womanhood Postcard: 1912, Image , N.d., (Dec. 12, 2010).
Postcard 1909 anti- suffrage postcard Museum of London, Mummy’s a Suffragette: 1909, Image , N.d., (Dec. 12, 2010).
The Vote 1918 law giving women over 30 the right to vote, and postcard – “At Last” Museum of London, The Reform Act of 1918 and Postcard “At Last!”, Image , N.d., (Dec. 12, 2010).