A GUID CAUSE - Digital galleryLord Curzon (1859‐1925), Conservative politician and anti‐suffrage campaigner, became President of the National League for Opposing Woman suffrage

A GUID CAUSE... THE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT IN SCOTLAND

Project 1 / Learning Activity 3 / Activity 2 Arguments for and against women’s suffrage

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ACTIVITY 2 – ANTI-SUFFRAGE ARGUMENTS

Although the suffrage movement had a strong following, it also faced a good deal of opposition. Many women – as well as men – were opposed to female suffrage. The militant suffragette campaign did little to improve the situation. 

1. Read Source 24, Source 25, Source 26 pg 1, Source 26 pg 2. What arguments are given in these sources against the suffrage movement? 

2. Select one of these sources and explain why it is a useful source for investigating the women’s suffrage movement in Scotland. 

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Appendix

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SOURCE 24: LORD CURZON’S 15 GOOD REASONS AGAINST THE GRANT OF FEMALE SUFFRAGE (1937.12)

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SOURCE 24: LORD CURZON’S 15 GOOD REASONS AGAINST THE GRANT OF FEMALE SUFFRAGE (1937.12)

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SOURCE 24: LORD CURZON’S 15 GOOD REASONS AGAINST THE GRANT OF FEMALE SUFFRAGE (1937.12)

Lord Curzon (1859‐1925), Conservative politician and anti‐suffrage campaigner, became President of the National League for Opposing Woman suffrage in 1912.

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SOURCE 25: AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE 

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SOURCE 25: AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE  

The National League for Opposing Woman suffrage was established in 1910 to oppose the extension of women’s right to vote in Britain. The League was an amalgamation of the Women’s National Anti‐suffrage League and the Men’s League for Opposing Women’s suffrage. 

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SOURCE 26: PAGE 1: AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE – LADY TULLIBARDINE 

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SOURCE 26: PAGE 1: AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE – LADY TULLIBARDINE 

Lady Tullibardine opposed the campaign for women’s suffrage, although she later became one of the first women elected to Parliament. 

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SOURCE 26: PAGE 2: LADY TULLIBARDINE AT THE MUSIC HALL, EDINBURGH, NOVEMBER 1913 (ACCOUNT OF SPEECH)

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SOURCE 26: PAGE 2: LADY TULLIBARDINE AT THE MUSIC HALL, EDINBURGH, NOVEMBER 1913 (ACCOUNT OF SPEECH)

Lady Tullibardine (1874‐1960) had married into a prominent aristocratic family and an active figure in public life. She was a popular speaker at anti‐suffrage events in Scotland. However as the Duchess of Atholl, she became Scotland's first woman M.P. in 1923, and the first Conservative woman minister the next year. This leaflet is undated but would have been printed soon after Lady Tullibardine gave her speech in 1913. 

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