In 1918 a section of the female population won the right to vote at last. So in the "Khaki Election" of December 1918 which women were allowed to vote?
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All those who had contributed to victory in various categories of war work
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All those who had suffered a family bereavement as a result of the war
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All women who possessed a university degree or equivalent professional qualification
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All women over 30 years of age
Q.2.
What was the essential difference between suffragists and suffragettes?
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Suffragists favoured the use of force, while suffragettes preferred to stay within the law
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Suffragists opposed the use of force, while suffragettes favoured arson, breaking windows, etc
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Suffragists recruited women from all backgrounds, while suffragettes concentrated on recruiting middle-class women
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Suffragists looked to the Conservative Party for support, while suffragettes looked for Liberal backing
Q.3.
In 1914 a quarrel erupted between Christabel Pankhurst and her sister Sylvia. What was the issue at stake?
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Sylvia favoured a much more militant approach than her sister in the struggle for the vote
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Christabel favoured Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1914, while Sylvia did not
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Christabel urged co-operation with male supporters of women's suffrage, while Sylvia preferred to keep men at arm's length
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Christabel preferred to work with educated, middle class women, whereas Sylvia - from her presence in the East End of London - favoured the mobilisation of working-class women
Q.4.
Emmeline Pankhurst founded the WSPU as a rival to the NUWSS. What do the letters WSPU stand for?
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Women's Suffrage Political Union
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Women's Society for Political Union
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Women's Social and Political Union
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Women's Suffrage Popular Union
Q.5.
Which one factor best explains the grant of the vote to some women in 1918?
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Fear that a violent campaign for female suffrage was likely to ensue after the peace treaties had been signed
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Respect for the rational arguments relentlessly pressed home by women over the years
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Gratitude for the hard work that women had contributed to victory in the Great War
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An awareness that women were being granted the right to vote in other similar countries
Q.6.
What was the importance of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson in the campaign to secure women's rights ?
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She was the first woman to qualify as a barrister
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She was the first woman to qualify as a medical doctor
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She was the first woman to become a chartered accountant
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She was the first woman to qualify as an architect
Q.7.
Which Act of Parliament of 1913 allowed for women prisoners who embarked on hunger strikes to be freed until they had recovered?
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The Force-Feeding (Discouragement of) Act
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The Cat and Mouse Act
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The Humane Treatment of Prisoners Act
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The Women's Beneficial Act
Q.8.
At which race meeting was Emily Davison killed in 1913, when she ran onto the course and was fatally injured by the King's horse "Anmer"?
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The Grand National
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The Cheltenham Cup
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The Oaks
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The Derby
Q.9.
Queen Victoria, who died in 1901, made plain her attitude to female suffrage. What was it?
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Indifference
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Hostility
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Approval
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Approval, but only for middle class professional women
Q.10.
Suffragists were members of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. Who founded this organisation?
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Millicent Fawcett
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Sylvia Pankhurst
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Christabel Pankhurst
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Constance Gore-Booth
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