1 Why did women get the vote? - Summary

2 So Why Were Women Given the Vote?  The simple answer is that no one reason alone gained women the vote.  Pre-war attitudes towards women were changing long before  The Suffrage movements campaigns showed how serious women were about the vote.  WW1 was important as it accelerated change and made it easier for politicians to grant “heroines” the vote rather than militant suffragettes.

3 Summary - Who says what: Historiography MARTIN PUGH  Pugh –says changes to women’s lives pre-1914 very important as made women more “fitting” to vote.  Pugh says Suffragists most important due to respect of public, support of many MPs and Conciliation Bills.

4 Who says what: Historiography continued PAULA BARTLEY  Bartley: supports idea of pre-war changes being important as empowered women to demand vote e.g. working with political parties.  Bartley thinks Suffragettes most important as put “cause” on front page as well as sympathy and support over force feeding.

5 Who says what: Historiography continued ARTHUR MARWICK  Marwick says early changes and suffrage societies less important as they had not achieved vote for women by  Marwick states war accelerated changing attitudes and let politicians off the hook as could be seen as rewarding “heroines” rather than giving into Suffragette violence.

6 ESSAY TITLE  “Changing attitudes in British Society towards women was the major reason why some women received the vote in 1918.” How accurate is this view?