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Themes • Key questions in modern British and empire history • How far did attitudes to women change after they secured the vote in 1918? • The Sources

The Sources

Source no Document reference Date Caption
1 ➜ CHAR 2/134/42 28 July 1924 A letter from TH Deakin, mining engineer, to Winston Churchill.
2 ➜ CHAR 22/155/119 8 March 1927 A secret memorandum, entitled the Franchise Question, from Winston Churchill to the other members of the Cabinet.
3 ➜ CHAR 2/157/8C-D 23 January 1928 A letter from Frances Helen Pumfrey to the editor of the Daily Mail.
4 ➜ CHAR 8/619/19 27 March 1938 A newspaper article, in the Sunday Chronicle, entitled ‘WOMEN can win WARS – without firing a shot’ by Winston Churchill.
5 ➜ CHAR 23/14/33 7 July 1945 A secret memorandum, entitled Man-Power, from Winston Churchill to the other members of the Cabinet.

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