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1908 David Lloyd George becomes Chancellor of Exchequer>Old Age Pensions Act passed>Children’s Act passed
1909
Labour Exchange Programmes setup to help unemployed. Lloyd George’s ‘People’s Budget’ introduced (taxes rich to pay for welfare reforms)>Parliament Act passed
1908
Women’s Bill dropped from Parliament – ran out of time. Direct action begins and Suffragette actions become more militant (smashing windows, chaining to Downing Street, arrests)
1912
Suffragette violence increases (arson, bombing churches, destroying valuable paintings, prison, hunger strikes)
1914
Suffragists membership almost 100,000, over 500 branches – more successful. WW1 starts, Suffragettes call off all militant action. Suffragettes start Order of the White Feather campaign.
1915
Munitions crisis (July 1915), women recruited to work in munitions factories. Many industries employ women to help war effort (1.6 million extra women workers help in war)
1918
Representation of the People Act becomes law, women over age of 30 who owned property were given vote (women vote for 1st time in December 1918 general election). Armistice signed (11/11/1918) WW1 ends.
1914
WW1 starts (2nd August 1914)>Massive recruitment/propaganda campaign launched by Kitchener, Minister of War>500,000 volunteers by September 1914>Suffragettes start Order of the White Feather campaign>Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) introduced (8th August 1914), censorship starts>Stalemate and trench warfare begins, volunteers slow down by Christmas
1915
Munitions crisis (July 1915), women recruited to work in munitions factories>Coalition government formed to help with war effort >Lloyd George becomes Minister of Munitions
1916 Conscription introduced for all single men aged 18-40 (January 1916)>Conscription introduced for all married men aged 18-40 (May 1916)>Battle of Somme disaster, government & generals heavily criticised (July – November)>David Lloyd George becomes PM, replaces Asquith (December 1916) >Propaganda film, For the Empire, audiences reach 9 million by end of 1916
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