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History of the Suffragettes Diploma Course

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10 Modules

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What Will You Learn?

The story of the suffragettes is the story of a country clinging to tradition. A tradition that saw men from the middle and upper classes in power, and those from the lower classes along with all women subject to their laws. It’s a story about women finding their voice and being brutally silenced in their attempts. But it also highlights the hope that these women had in themselves and their country. A hope that finally saw them reach success.

The History of the Suffragettes Diploma Course shares this story with you.

We’ll look at how the French Revolution influenced the struggle for female suffrage in Britain, the movement’s first steps, and the formation of the main suffrage societies.

You’ll get to know the initial female reformers, known as the suffragists, and how the suffragettes evolved from them. We’ll consider the reasons why civil misconduct became a tool of the suffragettes, explore how the violence began to escalate, and look at the plight of suffragettes who were imprisoned.

The fight for the vote wasn’t bound by class or gender. The course outlines the contribution made by working-class women to the development of women’s suffrage and the men who stepped up to support the cause. We’ll also look at how the fight for votes for women developed in the US.

Finally, the course takes a look at the main political party leaders and members of society who were opposed to giving women the vote, how the Great War helped the suffragettes’ cause by changing the roles of women in society, and the key moments and Acts passed in the lead up to full female suffrage in 1928.

By studying this course, you will:

Gain insight into the British suffragette movement
Become familiar with key women’s rights activists, suffragettes, and suffragette groups
Become aware of the role socialists, trade unionists and working-class men and women had in the female suffrage movement
Gain a greater understanding of the suffragettes’ militant tactics
Learn about the key moments that led to women finally getting the vote

Three suffragettes leading a crowd with a "Votes for Women" poster

Course Syllabus

What will I learn on the course?

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Module 1: The Roots of the British Suffrage Movement

7 parts

Introduction
Part 1: The Influence of the French Revolution on Female Suffrage
Part 2: The Seeds of Suffrage in England’s Mill Towns
Part 3: The Path Towards Female Suffrage
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment

Module 2: The Start of a Movement

6 parts

Part 1: John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor-Mill
Part 2: The Second Reform Act of 1867
Part 3: Suffragist Societies
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment

Module 3: The Suffragists and the Suffragettes

7 parts

Part 1: Millicent Fawcett and the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
Part 2: The Aims of the NUWSS
Part 3: Emmeline Pankhurst and the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Video: Key Figures in the Suffragette Movement
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment

Module 4: Violence and Militancy

9 parts

Part 1: Deeds, Not Words
Part 2: Media Coverage of Suffragette Militancy
Part 3: Police and Male Brutality Against the Suffragettes
Part 4: The Conciliation Bill and Black Friday
Part 5: Suffragettes Rise in Militancy
Part 6: A Split in the WSPU
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment

Module 5: Prison and Hunger Strikes

9 parts

Part 1: The First Incarceration
Part 2: The Personal Cost of Prison to the Suffragettes
Part 3: Prison Life
Part 4: Hunger Strikes and Force-Feeding
Part 5: The Pankhursts, Prison and Publicity
Video: The Suffragettes and Holloway Prison
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Module 6: Working-Class Suffragettes

6 parts

Part 1: The Early Working-Class Suffragists
Part 2: The East End Suffragettes
Part 3: The Formation of ELFS
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment

Module 7: Male Support for the Suffragette Movement

7 parts

Part 1: James Keir Hardie, Socialism and the Vote for Women
Part 2: Keir Hardie and the Suffragettes
Part 3: George Lansbury
Part 4: Other Male Suffragettes
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7 Assessment

Module 8: Suffragettes in the United States

8 parts

Part 1: The Seneca Falls Convention
Part 2: The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
Part 3: Alice Paul and Militancy in the US Fight for Female Suffrage
Part 4: A New Generation of American Suffrage Leaders
Part 5: Development of the NWP
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8 Assessment

Module 9: The Anti-Suffrage Movement

7 parts

Part 1: Britain’s Political Parties and Women’s Suffrage
Part 2: The Beliefs and Aims of the Anti-Suffragists
Part 3: Organisations Fighting Female Suffrage
Part 4: The Effect of the Great War
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9 Assessment

Module 10: War, New Perceptions and the Vote

11 parts

Part 1: Why the NUWSS and the WSPU Suspended Activities
Part 2: Work of Suffragettes Opposing the War
Part 3: The Work of Wartime East End Suffragettes
Part 4: The Changing Perceptions of Women
Video: The Role of Women During WWI
Part 5: Women Get the Right to Vote
Part 6: Last Years and Legacy of Emmeline Pankhurst
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion
Module 10 Assessment

Who Would Benefit from This Course?

The History of the Suffragettes Diploma Course will be of interest to anyone who’d like to know more about those who fought for and secured the right for women to vote in Britain. You’ll come to understand the evolution of the suffragettes, the events that occurred during the decades-long campaign, and those who fought in and supported the movement from its conception to eventual success.

Photograph of suffragists from the Women's Political Union

Accreditations

The History of the Suffragettes Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

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The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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