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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
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