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“Women gained the vote in 1918 as a resultof their performance on the Home Front during the First World War” - How far do you agree with this statement?
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"Women gained the vote in 1918 as a result of their performance on the Home Front during the First World War." How far do you agree with this statement? Single, property owning women over 30 gained the vote in 1918. Some people argue that this act was passed as a result of changes that occurred in the war. However it is also argued that the war may have delayed progress but the most important thing to remember is that the Representation of the People's Act was a significant achievement for women at that time. Women of all social classes carried out a number of different jobs during the war and made a vital contribution to the war effort, leading Prime Minister Asquith, a resolute anti-suffragist to ask "how could we have carried on the war without them?" For the majority of upper and middle class women it was their first experience of...
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