Britain Faced A Major Social And Political Crisis In The Years 1910-1914 There were many reasons why Britain was facing a major Social and Political crisis in the years of 1910-1914, I have narrowed down the reasons to three major issues; The Suffrage movement, Industrial Unrest, Constitutional Crisis. I will be looking at these issues in more depth as to whether they can explain the Crisis. The first issue I will be looking at will be the Suffrage Movement. At the begging of the twentieth Century no woman could vote in elections for parliament. In 1911 only 60% of adult males could vote in elections. But by this time many women were beginning to demand their equal say in the running of the country, many women had wealth and careers and yet they could not vote, they felt they were being repressed. In 1967 parliament had discussed giving the vote to women, but on this and subsequent occasions male MP's had decided not to treat women as equal to men. Married Women's Property Act allowed married women to own property separately from their husbands. Since 1870 both boys and girls could attend primary schools, also London and Cambridge universities gave places to both men and women. Women were increasingly getting jobs in banking and in the civil service. Women had been given the right to vote in local elections. Although many women wanted the right to vote, they did not all agree on the best way to achieve their common aim. In the nineteenth century the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) had been set up to demand the vote for women. Wealthy women with good jobs mainly supported it. The NUWSS was led b... ... middle of paper ... ...ey won 275 seats which was only 2 above the Conservatives at 273. The Parliament act of 1911 had stopped the Lords from voting on financial legislation and a limit of two rejections or amendments on other legislation in successive sessions within the life of a Parliament. The maximum duration of a Parliament was reduced to 5 instead of 7 years. In essence this means that means the Lords could expect to delay a legalisation for a minimum period of 2 years, assuming that the proposals were immediately passed again by the commons after each rejection as long as there was no general election in the interim. The last issue that I'm going to be looking at will be Industrial Unrest, which along with the Suffragettes and Constitutional Crisis built up to make the problem that Britain face in the years of 1910-1914.
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