| Subject: Re: Enfranchise women |
Author:
briana (happy)
|
[
Next Thread |
Previous Thread |
Next Message |
Previous Message
]
Date Posted: 11:07:03 12/09/07 Sun
In reply to:
Dan
's message, "Enfranchise women" on 10:26:13 02/11/04 Wed
>Women in Britain did not qualify for the vote until
>the year 1928, following all the reforms and the
>extensions of the franchise. After 1928, Britain was a
>complete democracy as far as the franchise was
>concerned. How did women qualify for the vote?
>
>1) Following WW1, where, in 1918, all men were
>franchised, the men used the strong argument that; if
>they were to go to war for their country, why should
>they not qualify for the vote? WOMEN had no such
>argument, although they used a similar message to
>great effect: While the men had been out fighting in
>the war, the women had been doing the jobs previously
>held by the now absent men. This was essential in
>maintaining the stability of the British economy
>throughout the duration of the war. The women then
>armed themselves with the argument that: If women
>could successfully do jobs of men, then they were
>equals. Equality between the sexes demanded,
>essentially, equal rights. Although this was not
>immediately achieved (to be fair, it WAS the 1920s),
>the strong arguments of the country-running female
>population did encourage a political climate
>favourable to the enfranchisement of women.
>
>2) The suffragists and the suffragettes were female
>political pressure groups (suffragists -
>non-aggressive, suffragettes-aggressive) which put
>great pressure on the government to take notice of the
>arguments being put forward by the public as well as
>the groups themselves. The suffragettes were only too
>keen to put the boot in and begin physical
>demonstrations which amassed several tens of thousands
>of people. The suffragists demonstrated as well,
>although theirs was more of a political nature.
[
Next Thread |
Previous Thread |
Next Message |
Previous Message
]
| |
Feedback: 