History at key stage 3 (Year 8/9)

Unit 16: The franchise why did it take so much longer for British women to get the vote?

Prior learning

It is helpful if pupils have:

encountered the history of arguments about who should be involved in the political process in previous units
done substantial work on the role of women in British, European and other contexts
experience of using some of the techniques involved in planning an extended piece of writing

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.


	1. Three campaigning women: what were they fighting for?
	2. Why did some people have the vote in 1815 and not others?
	3. Who was struggling for political change between 1815 and 1848?
	4. Why did more people get the vote in the second half of the nineteenth century?
	5. What freedoms were women obtaining?
	6. Who was campaigning for votes for women?
	7. Why did women gain the vote in 1918 and not before?
	8. Why did it take so much longer for women to get the vote?