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The Suffragettes Did Not Do Their Cause Any Good.
The reason female suffrage was finally granted is often debated among historians: Was it because the Suffragettes got their message through to the politicians or is it simply because the politicians were scared that after the war the Suffragettes would continue their reign of terror? I personally think that the Suffragists gained some solid ground in the fight for women's suffrage but the Suffragettes themselves, the more famous of the two groups, put politicians off the idea, showing that women couldn't be trusted to vote if they constantly broke the law. Any thoughts?
 chaew  16 Jun 2008 08:10
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It seems likely to me (based on other countries and other social shifts) that the main driving force behind universal suffrage in 1921 was the work done by women in WW1 which proved they could contribute to society like men in many ways. Though it was important that the message was spread and the issue raised it is correctly stated by chaew that the Suffragists did this. Whilst I suspect the Suffragettes also raised awareness and showed how serious the women were, by continuing their campaign for any length of time they did far more harm than good.
 
 Quincel  16 Jun 2008 17:05
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People who break the law make new ones. People who offend society's normale are strickened the right to vote. Sex has nothing to do with that thanks to the suffrage movement.
 
 characters  27 Aug 2008 12:03
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The war was the principle factor in getting female suffrage as the government saw that women could be rational and were just as good as men in the workplace. This led to the reform act of 1918 that gave not just women the vote but all working class men too. However the suffragettes did a lot to bring public attention to the debate, when they realised they weren't getting anywhere they turned militant. This may not have been the best idea, but there is no evidence to suggest the suffragists were gaining any ground.
 
 Kirsty08  18 Jul 2008 10:58
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Some good is done for women. Some bad has come of it. Mixed bag of outcomes.
 
 Scorpion  15 Jul 2008 02:10
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Men break the law just as much as woman. Should men not be trusted to vote if they break the law? You are also assuming that all woman suffrage workers broke the law which is also incorrect.

I myself have no problem with woman rights. As long as I get to punch a woman just as hard as any man without being sued any worse then a man would sue me.
Woman deserve rights but to get these rights they have to get rid of some privileges.
 
 Smito  16 Jun 2008 15:11
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 I don't think that's the point of this debate. The question is that by enacting a reign of civil disobedience (at best, violence at worst) did the Suffragettes (who did pretty much all break the law) help their cause, or harm it.

Also, men don't break the law as much as women. Statistically they break it much much more.
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 16 Jun 2008 17:02
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