Beyond the Ballot: Women’s Rights and Suffrage from 1866 to Today

What you need before starting this Beyond the Ballot: Women’s Rights and Suffrage from 1866 to Today course:

• Assess and discuss the social, cultural and legal frameworks that curtailed women’s rights in the nineteenth century and how these were being challenged by a selection of pioneering women.
• Assess and discuss the origins of the women’s suffrage movement and why early attempts to extend the franchise failed.
• Evaluate and discuss why (some) women received the vote in 1918, comparing different arguments and assessing key documents.
• Assess the impact of the struggle for equality since the passage of the Representation of the People Act, comparing the responses of early women MPs and campaigners and wider movements.
• Reflect upon and discuss the role of protest in effecting political change and how Suffragette militancy and the government’s response at the beginning of the 20th century would be classified today.

This course is perfect for:

• Motivated learners at any level
• Self-paced students
• Anyone interested in the subject