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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?

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Resources

Resources include:

  • information on the careers of three campaigning women 1800-1918 and the changing status of nineteenth-century women
  • information about those excluded from the franchise in 1815
  • material for research enquiries into different protest groups 1815-48, including Chartism
  • information on Chartist women and organisations
  • information about the causes of the 1867 and 1884 reform legislation
  • information about individuals and groups involved in the campaign for women's suffrage 1867-1914
  • First World War posters relating to women
  • useful websites, eg www. spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
  • CD-ROMs, eg Britain 1750-1900 (British Library)

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?