THE CHANGING EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY IRELAND 1. What reason does source 1 give to justify women getting the vote? 2. Which ‘no’ argument in source 2 do you think is the most persuasive? Explain your answer.
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3. Which argument in source 2 do you think is the least persuasive? Explain your answer.
4. Select three words that you would use to describe the ‘no’ arguments presented in source 2. Explain why you selected each.
(i) (ii) (iii)
5. Which source do you find more persuasive, 1 or 2? Explain your answer.
6. List two crimes that Irish suffragettes were imprisoned for in source 3. (i) (ii)
7. Why do you think the suffragettes began a militant campaign?
8. Were the suffragettes right to go militant? Explain your answer.
