Emily Davison and the Suffragettes
I can explain why Emily Davison joined the Suffragettes.
Emily Davison and the Suffragettes
I can explain why Emily Davison joined the Suffragettes.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Not getting her degree because she was a woman made Emily Davison very angry.
- Something else that women were not allowed to do was to vote.
- This made Emily very angry as well.
- Emily joined a group of women who were fighting for women to be allowed to vote.
- This group was called the Suffragettes.
Common misconception
Some may think that Emily Davison quit her job to join the Suffragettes.
Emily joined the Suffragettes in 1906 and did not quit her job to fight for women's suffrage full time until 1908.
Keywords
Vote - when someone can vote, they are allowed to make a choice about who runs the country
Suffragettes - the Suffragettes were a group of people who wanted women to have the right to vote in Britain
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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a group of people who wanted women to have the right to vote
to make a choice about who runs the country