How Important Was The Ww1 Suffragettes

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In 1918 women were ‘rewarded’ for their efforts in World War One by finally receiving the right to vote; this act was known as the 1918 Representation of the People Act. However the act only gave women over the age of 30 the right to vote, but on the other hand men over 21 were given the right to vote. Prior to the women’s efforts in World War One, the suffragettes had been protesting for the right to vote; it is believed that these efforts also contributed to receiving the act. This is clearly evident as women in France contributed equal efforts in World War One, however did not receive the vote; this is partially because there was no prior strong movement or motivation by women for the vote at the time, and thus no was was received for the women in France. As violent as the actions of the suffragettes were, it wasn’t until after the act that people realised how important the efforts made by the suffragettes were to …show more content…
Certain places were targeted such as churches as the Church of England was against women rights, in particular the union. The union started to attempting targeting parliament, shouting when in session. Even politicians were attacked randomly and their homes started to be attack by fire bombs. This was causing absolute chaos for the government and also other citizens as they were frightened of what the suffragettes would do. The continuation of the suffragettes actions were proving a violent beginning to a possible outbreak a country having it's own war. As the number of increasing arrests rose, women refused to eat in jail, thus they would go on hunger strikes. This caused trouble for the government because if anyone had died in the jail, in the governments hands, this would cause the suffragettes first martyr, and the violent attacks would've certainly increased and become almost more dangerous leading to an inevitable war, closely prior to World War
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