Wednesday 17th May 2023
Difficulty: Very hard
Suffragettes (Quiz #180)
WSPU leaders Annie Kenney (left) and Christabel Pankhurst (Public domain)
Suffragettes were members of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom.
1. The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), a women-only political movement campaigning for women's suffrage in the UK, was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst in 1903. What was their motto?
2. The term "suffragette" was first used in 1906 as a term of derision by the journalist Charles E. Hands, writing in which newspaper?
3. In 1918 Parliament passed the Representation of the People Act 1918. Among the changes was the granting of the vote to women over the age of 30 who could pass property qualifications. What percentage of the electorate did they constitute?
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