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S What does the graph betow show? How does your country 3 Can you explain the motto: 'Deeds not words'?
compare with others? What is your reaction to the statistics? 4 Why did the Suffragettes put their campaign on hold
in 1,914?
Share ofwomen in nationaL parliaments (single/lower house)
5 What was strange about the position of women Mps
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5o tu 2011 m '@ between 1.918 and 1.928?
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tr Complete the text with appropriate words. Use one word only That brhlnd evor'{ qroat man
in each gap.
Tooro had to be a great woman.
9ut in thoso \imee aI thangv,
From the middle of the You i<now ihat i.f's no longarirur.
nineteenth century many
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women campaigned peacefully 'Lattey thero't, somoihin' vra {orgoi t0 6af i0
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to obtain right to 10Ll
vote in British elections. They Ne ie"l, siatars 4rg dlif ii for thomoe{ves.
organised themselves into fitandin' on their own two t'eef.
groups, held meetings, sent Artd rirg,n' o,t lheir owt brlls.
petitions to Parliament and
\isiers are doin' ii t'or themse{vee.
tried to persuade MPs to change
the law to enable' to Nor,r, ihis ii a iong 1o r-o\ebra|,,
vote. However, the government tha ron*rious libaralion of iha iemale. staie
ignored their p1ea. lvloihe.rr, caughtore and ihair daughtarr too.
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In 1903, the campaign the right of women to vote took an iloilan to v{oman, vig'r? oingin' ilith 1ou.
important new turn. 4- year Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and 1'1'ra infarior w*hae grsi a no\,'r ex'ierior
her daughters, Christabel and Sylvia, started the Women's Social and
5 Ws've goi dociora, lawlar*, poli"liciano too
Political Union in Manchester the motto: 'Deeds not words'.
They were referred 6- as the 'suffragettes'. The Pankhursts and 0ver1bod1, take. a lool. around.
their supporters declared that the situation was 7 serious that Lan 1ou ioe, ran 1ou b?,9, Lan \oL\ 6r"0
they would have to pursue extreme measures of civil disobedience. *,oro's a woman righi nort ic 1ou?
They campaigned tirelessly and sometimes violently 8 achieve Lhorus
their aim: chaining themselves to the railings outside Parliament,
Now wr ain'i maKin' ilorios
disrupting political meetings and even committing acts of arson. Many
women e- imprisoned and, when they went on hunger strike, And wa ain'i layir' pians
Don't you Knon ihat a mar itill lovp.r a !,ioman
were force-fed. In 1913 Emily Davison died for the cause, 10-, at I
a horse race, she rushed out on to the course and stepped in front of the And a ,r,roman siill lovae a man i
King's horse. Iuri tho gams I
In 1914 the First \\rorld War broke 11-. Jn the interests of nationai
unity the Suffragettes suspended their campaign of direct civl1 action.
12 ffi Worl< in pairs. Discuss the questions. .lustify your
Instead, they urged women to take over men's jobs, so the
men could go and fight in the war. Women were able to prove how opinions.
indispensable they were in the fields and armaments factories. 1 Should husbands and wives share the housework?
In March 1918 the government gave in 13 the pressure, and
2 Do you think school classes should be single-sex or
passed a 1aw giving women over 30 the right to vote. Later that year,
mixed?
it ailowed women over 21 to become Members of Parliament, but they
still couldn't vote in elections if they were 14_301 It 15_ take 3 Woutd you preFer a male or a female boss?
a further ten years to amend the age qualification and put men and 4 Would you employ a man to look after your child?
women on an equal footing. 5 ln what other ways are there inequalities between men
and women in your country? Why do such inequatities
* Read the text and answerthe questions. exist? Use the ideas betow to help you.
1 What was the result of the nineteenth-century campaign drscriruimat* *g;Eifi$f sll equai p#y *nc"! crneiif,i*n*
to gain the vote for women? giass *eiling; mfrternity l'f*v* oi]p#*ili'!;ii*s {r:r pr*m*ti*n
2 How did the Suffragettes' campaign differ from the positivr aetleri r*ie rt,l*r3*ls sex di*rrirpinsti*n
methods used before? sexi{it stfli"8*tvping
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