The Suffragettes

Emmeline Pankhurst was a...

• Politician

• Suffragette

• Factory Worker

What is a Suffragette?

• A sandwich

• A woman fighting for the right to vote.

• A woman who wears lots of makeup.

• A woman who works in a shop.

What kind of things could women not do before the Suffragettes?

• Go to university.

• Look after their baby.

• Cook and clean.

• Vote.

• Wear trousers.

What violent things did the Suffragettes do?

• Burn Churches.

• Shoot people.

• Attack people.

• Chain themselves to railings.

• Vandalize shops.

Which group did Emmeline Pankhurst form?

• Women's Sandwich and Pie Union

• Women’s Social and Political Union

• Women's Shakespeare and Performance Union

What did Emmeline do in prison?

• Sit and cry

• Go on a hunger strike

• Shout at police officers

When did women get the parliamentary vote in the UK?

• 1916

• 1917

• 1918

• 1919

The motto of the Suffragettes was

• 'Deeds and words"

• 'Deeds not words’.

• 'Actions speak louder than words'

When all suffragette prisoners started to go on hunger strike, what did the authorities do to begin with?

• They let the women die in prison

• They immediately released them

• They let the women grow weak and then released them

• They force-fed them

How did women get the vote?

• they were dangerous

• women contributed to the war effort

• too many men had been killed