Learning activities

Below are seven learning activities which focus on different aspects of the women's suffrage movement in Scotland. Each activity encourages you to use archive sources to answer questions or to discuss and debate a particular topic.

Why did women want the vote?

Why did women think that having the right to vote was so important?

What methods did they use?

Discover the main differences between the suffragists and suffragettes

Arguments for and against women's suffrage

Who supported women's suffrage and why? Who opposed it?

Reactions from the authorities, press and public

Find out how the militant suffragettes were treated by the police and authorities

The effect of world war

Why did women finally gain the right to vote? Did women's war work have an impact?

The impact of the right to vote

Has the right to vote changed women's lives for the better?

Development activites

Five suggested activities for exploring the topic in more depth

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A GUID Cause, The Women's Suffrage Movement in Scotland - Their struggles for change withing society

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