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For more than a century before women finally won the right to vote, people argued for and against women's rights. Have a close look at these people and decide who said what; the answers may surprise you. Click the button next to who you think said those words. The answer to that question will appear instantly; your final score will appear once you have answered all five questions. |
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 Queen Victoria replica by Sir George Hayter, 1863 (1838) NPG 1250 |
"Strengthen
the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to
blind obedience": whose political programme was that? A. Queen Victoria B. Mary Wollstonecraft Glossary: 'by enlarging it' = 'by letting women have an education' |
 Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie, c.1797 NPG 1237 |
 John Stuart Mill replica by G.F. Watts, 1873 NPG 1009 |
"The
real question is whether it is right and expedient that one half
of the human race should pass through life in an enforced subordination
to the other half". Good point; but who made it: husband
or wife? A. John Stuart Mill B. Harriet Taylor Mill Glossary: 'expedient' = 'necessary or useful' |
 Harriett Taylor Mill by unknow artist, c.1834 NPG 5489 |
 William Gladstone by Sydney Prior Hall, c.1890s NPG 2227 |
"If
there be a subject ... that is sacred; it is the character and
position of women". Who was keenest on keeping women in
their sacred - if unfair - position? A. William Gladstone B. Millicent Garrett Fawcett |
 Henry Fawcett & Dame Millicent Fawcett by Ford Madow Brown, 1872 NPG 1603 |
 Mrs Humphry Ward (Mary Augusta Ward) by Julian Russell Story, 1889 NPG 2650 |
"The
argument of the broken pane of glass is the most valuable argument
in modern politics". Now, that's a shattering comment; but
who made it? A. Mrs Humphry Ward B. Emmeline Pankhurst |
 Emmeline Pankhurst by Georgina Agnes Brackenbury NPG 2360 |
 George Eliot replica by François d'Albert Durade, 1849 NPG 1405 |
"I'm
not denying that women are foolish, God Almighty made'em to match
men". Ouch! But whose joke is it? A. George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) B. Sylvia Pankhurst |
 Sylvia Pankhurst Self portrait NPG 4999 |
| This activity relates to Citizenship at Key Stage 3, Unit 12, Why do women and some men have to struggle for the vote in Britain? What is the point of voting today? and QCA Schemes of Work for Key Stage 3 History, Unit 16, The franchise: why did it take so much longer for British women to get the vote? | ||
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