Dying for the Vote.

DYING FOR TH E VOTE

The suffragette movement started in the middle of the 19th century. Women demanded not only the right to vote, but also better education for girls. They marched through the streets. They used to paint Votes For Women on walls. They were very courageous. During the First World War, women had to do men’s jobs, and they did them well. It was only after this that women aged thirty and over got the vote. Ten more years passed before in 1982, women of twenty-one could vote.

During the First World War, women had to do men’s jobs.

n 1. suffrage - добуш берүү укугу; право голоса; * шайлоо укугу; избирательное право.

2. suffragette - суфражистка (добуш берүү укугуна ээ болгон кыз-келиндер). 3. dying - өтө каалоо; томиться желанием.

(From Headway Pre-Intermediate by John & Liz Soars, pp. 74-75)

11. Discussion

Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions together, then tell the others in your class what you think.

1. What changes have there been in the roles of men and women in your country in the last 100 years?

2. In your opinion, w'hat do women do better than men? What do men do better than women?