Women In the 20th Century (History 2nd Year)

Only respectable women were allowed into public houses (pubs) in the early 1900's however they were expected to sit in a separate room called what?

A snug

What was the name of the movement that fought for women’s rights to vote and to sit in Westminster?

The Suffrage Movement

In Ireland, what was the name of the group that led the campaign for women’s suffrage

Irish Women’s Franchise League (IWFL)

Name this lady in the picture who campaigned for the right to vote for women?

Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington

In 1918 women were given the right to vote in the UK. What age did you have to be to vote?

Over 30

Who was the first woman elected to the British parliament although she did not take her seat in 1918?

Countess Markievicz

They were also members of the female version of the Irish Volunteers set up in 1914. What was this group called?

Cumann na mBan

Delia Larkin and Rosie Hackett set up a women’s trade union called the Irish Women Workers’ Union (IWWU). They fought for better working conditions for female workers. True or False?

True

When the Irish Free State was set up in 1922 all men and women got the right to vote. What age did you have to be?

21

In the USA a new women’s liberation movement demanded equal rights for men and women in every area of life. In Ireland this group became known as what?

Women's Libbers

What law was passed in 1977 that meant that men and women doing the same job would get equal pay?

Employment Equality Act