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World War 1, and the apparent increase of women taking up mens jobs (temporarily in the most part) as 29% of Britains work force had gone to fight in the war allowed women to prove themselves as capable of doing typically men's jobs and eradicate the separate spheres philosophy that shaped Victorian Britain's society (women's life was in the domestic home doing cooking and cleaning whereas men's role was in finance, law and government).
However it may also have been down to the increasing fear of communism within Britain. Due to the 1919 Bolshevik Revolution, leading Russia to pull out of World War 1 (potentially leaving Britain exposed as Germany could then abandon the Eastern Front and mobilise an extra 1 million troops to concentrate on the Western Front) and people feared that with so few people being allowed the vote, that they may create their own uprising.
So in 1918, women over 30 were given the right to vote and in 1928, women over 21 were given this same right!!
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Why did the Suffragettes not Gain Suffrage before World War 1?
Women did not gain the vote before the war because men thought that women would take over politically and gain more civil rights than men.
How did world war 1 help women gain voting rights?
because borden gave it to them
What was the social movement that was most effective during World War 1?
Adopting woman's suffrage
How was life for the women after World War 1?
very hard for women
How did World War 1 change the lives of American women?
The war broadened job opportunities for women.
What is true about women suffrage?
Women won the right to vote after World War I
What statement is true about women's suffrage?
Women won the right to vote after World War I
Which led most directly to women's suffrage in Britain?
The two most important things that led to women's suffrage in Britain were World War I and more women entering the workforce.
What year did war of the roses in women's suffrage start?
Women's Suffrage started in 1884.
What social movement was most affected by world war 1?
Adopting women's suffrage
How did World War 1 lead to the Womens Suffrage?
ww1 never lead to women suffage the suffage had been there before ww1
What were the facts about Women Suffrage in Civil War?
NAWSA
What group of women opposed the womens suffrage movement because of prejudice?
Women antisuffragists
What did World War I do for woman?
In the United States, World War I played a role in women's suffrage. Since Woodrow Wilson became a wartime president, people did not expect women to picket him, but they did anyway. Public outrage caused the women to be arrested, but when word got out of the treatment they were receiving in jail, public opinion turned, and the women were released. When Woodrow Wilson finally came to his senses and began supporting women's suffrage, he called it a war measure.
How did World War 1 affect the womens suffrage movement?
very good World War I was a very good thing for women's suffrage. When all the men went off to war the women at home took over their jobs and running the home. When women held things together at home doing men's jobs they were no longer thought "inferior".
What happened to women's suffrage during the civil war?
The women got the right to vote
What were two movements in the US that emerged during World War 1?
Both the Prohibition movement and the women's suffrage movement grew during World War 1. The former aimed to make alcohol illegal and the latter aimed to give women the right to vote.
