Womans Vote

... In 1918, at the end of World War One, certain women over the age of 30 were finally enfranchised. This marked a major point in democracy, as it was the first time in the UK that women had been given any electoral power. It is generally accepted by many historians that the main reason for women gaining the vote was due to their role in the first world war, that it was a "thank you" from the government. However there are other historians who view this theory as being overly simplistic and that there are a number of other factors that contributed to the granting of votes to women. Historians such as Alistair Gray and Arthur Marwick believe strongly that women gaining the vote was a direct result of their war work on the Home Front while the men of Britain fought abroad in the Great War. Over the 4 year

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