History

Protest

A statement or action expressing disagreement or disapproval.

Some reasons for protests

To stop racial discrimination or to create equality.

Types of protests

Demonstrations, strikes, marches, riots

Who said this? “With the vote women would become the most hateful, heartless and disgusting human beings. Where would be the protection which man was intended to the weaker sex”

Queen Victoria

What were Victorian women taught?

That their place was in the home

What was the duty of a married woman

To obey her husband and do everything she could to make life as easy as possible for him.

What did people thing would happen if women got into politics

She would neglect her family

Why did working class women work

They couldn’t survive just off the husbands wages

What jobs did working class women have

As a Domestic servant or a factory and later on a typist, telephonist or in a new department store

Why couldn’t women do certain jobs

Because they had to leave if they got married or it was a ‘man’s job’

What did women hope would happen if they got the vote

That like men’s their conditions would improve

What did girls learn in school

How to clean a house and wash clothes

What did boys learn in school

History, geography and skills like engineering or wood work

Who taught middle class girls

A governess or they went to a girls boarding school

What were middle class girls taught

How to be good wives and mothers so they could be an agreeable companion for a future husband