Question

Discuss the role of the suffragette movement in ensuring women the right to vote

Answer 1

The Suffragette Movement was undertaken by the women of England to obtain the right to vote.There were many movements that gained momentum and shifted sentiments in favour of woman suffrage .Thesuffragette was one among them.It was due to the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 thatallowed women

Answer 2

Though, in the broadest sense the suffrage movement embodies the fight by all individuals to obtain voting rights, the term is seen to be synonymous with the woman's suffrage movement, which stemmed from the fight for women's rights (Weatherford 1998). This is likely due to the fact that the woman's suffrage movement was a seventy-two-year-long battle that was rooted in the abolishment of slavery and, at least for some reformers, linked to obtaining the right for both blacks and women to vote; that is, some suffrage activists sought enfranchisement for blacks as well as women (McCulloch 1929).