Write this as today’s TITLE Lesson Objectives: Who were the Suffragettes? What was their role?
In 1900 women were treated like 2 nd class citizens! NOT ALLOWED They were NOT ALLOWED to vote They were supposed to be at home – looking after their children & husbands! POORLY PAID LIMITED The jobs women were allowed were POORLY PAID and LIMITED to things like nannies and servants
However a group called the SUFFRAGETTES were determined to change this They aimed to win change for women by first winning the right to vote
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Women only achieved the vote in 1918 after the horror of World War 1HOW? Because so many men were away fighting they took over their jobs – Some proved better than the men!
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