Gender equality: The VOTE

The first country to give women the right to vote was:

• England

• The USA

• New Zealand

• Portugal

The _____________________were women who campaigned for the right to vote always in a peaceful way.

In 1903, a small group of more radical women led by____________________________ formed the WSPU.

The expression "the Suffragettes" was first used...

• by a Daily Mail journalist to mock the members of the WSPU

• by a TIMES journalist to mock the members of the WSPU

• by an MP to mock the members of the WSPU

• by the british Prime Minister to mock the members of the WSPU

The suffragettes' campaign included...

• organizing peaceful protest actions.

• cutting telephone and telegraph wires.

• burning or bombing empty buildings.

• destroying pillar boxes.

• committing blood crimes.

In 1913 the suffragette movement had its first martyr: ____________________________ died for the cause at Epsom race course in Surrey.

In 1918, the Representation of the People Act allowed women to vote. Among other criteria, they had to...

• be over 30.

• be over 21.

• have registered property of land with a rateable value greater than £5

• have registered property of land with a rateable value greater than £500

In Portugal, _________________________ was the first woman to become a surgeon and to be allowed to vote.

In 1911, Carolina Beatriz Ângelo was allowed to vote because ...

• she was over 21.

• she was a literate woman.

• as a widow, she was the head-of-household.

• she was rich.

Law was changed after Carolina voted, and women were forbidden to vote again up to 1934

• Yes.

• No.