What were the actions taken by women to gain suffrage?

Answer 1

This is a complicated question. Women's lives could vary significantly depending on their social class, the time period, and the region where they lived. The short answer is that most women did not rebel, in the way a 21st century woman might, because there was no social support for it, because individualism was not deemed a desirably personality characteristic, and because the punishment could be severe--even death.

Instead of "rebelling," a woman might work to gain personal autonomy--usually though, she had to be a widow with a lot of money, be lucky enough to marry a cooperative and loving husband, become an abbess, or have a personality that motivated others to go along with her will. These factors all depended on an individual woman's specific circumstances.

In some regions, such as Scotland, women traditionally had more autonomy and this persisted by custom even where the law did not necessarily recognize it.

Some women, such as Margery Kemp and Julian of Norwich, were mystics who devoted themselves to religion, but did not become nuns. Margery Kemp was already a wife and mother when she began having mystical visions; she decided to live a celibate life, but remained a laywoman.

Abbesses of wealthy abbeys could become extremely influential, but placement in important abbeys was limited to daughters of rich and powerful families. For many years such a woman would be one of many nuns, living a life of obedience. It would take many years, and great ambition and skill, to rise to the rank of abbess.

A person's character and accomplishments might earn her a lot of status and even control over her life, but this could only be gained over time. There are many examples of fascinating and powerful medieval women, but each one is unique.

Answer 2

In Europe at this time, women were viewed as being naturally inferior to men. They could not go to school and were considered to be the property of their father or husband. Women also could not vote in political elections. Many people opposed women's suffrage because they thought that women were too emotional to vote and that women needed to be protected from political life.

Some women and men began to advocate for women's rights. One of them was Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797). Wollstonecraft was an English writer and teacher. She was inspired by the French Revolution but was disappointed that the revolutionaries did not support the rights of women. In 1792, Wollstonecraft published A Vindication of the Rights of Women in which she demanded that women have the right to vote and hold public office. She also called for the full education of women because she believed that women's lack of education kept them in a state of dependence. She believed that educated girls would be able to learn the skills needed to participate fully in public life.

Others followed Wollstonecraft's lead in promoting equality for women. The women's movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries included demands for suffrage as well as fairness in property laws, divorce, and marriage. Emmeline Pankhurst campaigned for women's suffrage in Great Britain. She established the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903. Members were called the suffragettes. Their slogan was "deeds, not words." To further their cause, the suffragettes favored aggressive tactics over peaceful protests. They went on hunger strikes, chained themselves to railings, and set fires to bring attention to the women's movement. However, women in Britain were not granted full voting rights until after World War I.

Answer 3

The fight for suffrage took years and it is still going on. Women protested, chained themselves to the White House fences, paraded, wrote letters, and other things. Even today women make less money than men doing the same job. It wasn't until the 1990's that women were able to get their own credit and the percentage of women running corporations or in office is still low. In the 1980's women couldn't be fighter pilots. Not until the Iraq War was a woman a fighter pilot. Women's sports are suppose to get equal funding in schools and colleges since the passage of Title nine, but this is often ignored even today. Every time a new law is passed concerning conception or women's health care by men women's needs are ignored, so suffrage continues.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

they did whatever they needed to do like protest go on hungers strikes anything

Answer 6

by participating in hunger strikes

by chaining themselves to railings