Bussiness Not Pleasure Essay Example

too immature and simplistic, ignoring the 1914 changes of attitude towards the women firstly after the war who had done men’s jobs were then dismissed from their jobs, it seemed as if the women’s place in the house was still as strong as ever. Secondly women who worked a lot of hours in the munitions factories were mostly in their late teens and early 20s. The respectable women in their 30s that were given the vote either owned a property or were married to someone who did.

So it is now clear that the women’s efforts in the war did nothing to benefit them. As the historian Paul Bartley says, “It would be naive to believe that women received to vote solely for services rendered in the First World War. It must be remembered that only women over 30 were given the vote and the very women who had helped in the war effort – the young women of the munitions factories – were actually denied the vote. ” The other reason is that people thought that the government were afraid that after the war the suffragette’s militant acts would return.

Another historian who thought this was Constance Rover, who said, “it was obvious that the campaign would recommence once the war was over if nothing was done to enfranchise women. It would have been extremely embarrassing and probably unpopular to imprison women who had played such an important part in the war effort. ” Due to their fear they decided they would give the women the vote in order to insure that they had not completely given in they passed the bill

that only women over 30 could vote.

My conclusion is that the government was afraid that after the war the suffragettes would return to their militant acts. In order to stop this from happening the government decided that women could vote but only those over 30 that owned property or married someone who did. Constants Rover’s account also helped me in deciding my conclusion she says, “It would be embarrassing and probably unpopular to imprison women who played such an important part in the war effort. ” And with that I end conclusion.