Women's Suffrage, Hinder Or Help?
Do you agree with the view that the First World War hindered, rather than helped, the cause of female suffrage?
In the sources presented there are conflicting views as to whether the First World War helped or hindered the cause of female suffrage.
There were many people who argued that because women had worked so relentlessly during the war, it would be impossible to deny them the vote, especially due to the fact that working class men got the vote that were on the frontlines. Source 5, a letter from Lord Selborne to Lord Salisbury argues this point, and claims that it would not only be unjust to the women; it would also be “dangerous to State”, as it would be a gross corruption of morality and standards, because of the “the steadying influence of the women voters n essentials and the long run”. I think that this point is very important because not only does it question the government’s policies on female suffrage as a whole, it also questions its entire idea of......
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