Topic > Reasons given by suffragettes for calling for...

Source A shows an example of a suffragette poster protesting for women's suffrage. The poster illustrates the job opportunities a woman can get, but still not be respected enough to get the vote. Most of the jobs listed on the poster are jobs that require a successful education such as "doctor or teacher"; or they require a strong and reliable person like a “mayor”. The reason why suffragettes ask for the vote is because they believe that women are capable of many things that require importance, therefore they are very deserving of the vote. Another reason for wanting the vote for women would be how certain men might behave and I still have the honor of voting. The poster mentions how a man could be a “drunkard” and still have the right to vote. The message being expressed here is that men can be much less successful than some women and still be perceived as having the right mind to vote, while women can achieve most things but still be perceived as not having the right mind , which is very unfair. poster could be considered very biased, because the examples shown are completely opposite and it was not mentioned that men can be successful. Overall, I think the main reason why suffragettes called for the vote was because they felt that women were very capable of doing most of the things that create a good mind, and this point was clearly made in Source A. The Source B is evidence from a woman who was against women's suffrage. His thesis is that “women were and are destined to create voters rather than to be voters themselves”, by which he means that the role of women is to produce children, and then influence them on who to vote for. He also states that he believes the suffrage campaign is a “shrill cry” of “hard... middle of paper ...... of the suffragettes after their much more pacifist approach to the war. This perhaps suggests that if war had not broken out then Asquith would not have changed his view of the situation, otherwise the suffragettes would have continued to act violently. There were also many other reasons why women got the vote in 1918. The fact that Prime Minister David Lloyd George was in favor of women's suffrage would have given many pauses. If the Prime Minister supported women, then they had a very important name that convinced others to follow his lead. In conclusion, I would not agree with the statement in the question, because women have obviously tried in various ways to ensure they could get the vote. The war was certainly a stepping stone towards the final goal of women's suffrage, but it was not the only reason.