Women in 1912

 

 

Women in 1912 were treated very differently to how they are treated now. They were not allowed to vote and were portrayed as gentle and demure. As a result, they were often treated as children. Upper class women lived their lives by following the rules of etiquette. These were a set of rules and laws for women. In a short way, their lives meant getting married and having children. 

 

 

The suffragettes were a suffrage group in 1912 who were fighting to give women the vote. They had extremely militant tactics such as going on hunger strikes, smashing windows and destroying shops. Many were imprisoned and gruesomely force fed. One of the most famous members is Emily Davidson after she threw herself under the King's horse, killing herself in the process.