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GCSE English Literature · key term
The right to vote in political elections.
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Paper 2
Revise: ContextIn 1912, women could not vote in parliamentary elections, and campaigners were demanding women’s suffrage. In 1918, voting rights were extended to women over thirty who met property qualifications; in 1928, women gained the vote on the same age terms as men, over twenty-one. Mid-1940s audiences could therefore look back on the setting as a period before equal parliamentary voting rights.
Paper 1
In 1912, women could not vote in UK parliamentary elections, although suffrage campaigners were challenging their exclusion. In 1918, women over thirty who met property qualifications gained the vote. Equal voting rights with men at twenty-one followed in 1928.
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Component 2
Revise: ContextIn 1912, women could not vote in UK parliamentary elections, and campaigns for women’s suffrage were challenging this exclusion. This forms part of a wider context in which women’s independence and authority were contested. Sheila’s resistance to being treated as a child connects the family’s arguments with those changing expectations.
