Enquiry 3 Whose suffrage campaign story should we

Enquiry 3 Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Enquiry overview Lesson 1: Why did Manchester City Council pay for a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst? Lesson 2: Why is there a statue of Alice Hawkins in Leicester? Lessons 3– 5: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? • suffrage case studies • male-centric media • statue design Outcome activity: Write an extended paragraph answering the enquiry question and design your own suffrage statue. Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Lesson 1 Why did Manchester City Council pay for a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst? Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Lesson 1 overview Content covered in the lesson: • Sculptor Hazel Reeves and her commission for Manchester. • Who was Emmeline Pankhurst? • Why does Manchester want to commemorate her in a statue? • Arguments for and against women’s suffrage. • The Peterloo Massacre. Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Q: What can you see? Q: How would you describe the image of the woman in the picture? (Think: What is her body language like? What is she standing on? ) Q: What do you think you are looking at? Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Sculptor Hazel Reeves and her commission for Manchester This is not a statue, it is a maquette. A maquette is a model that an artist makes before making a statue. This maquette was made by the sculptor Hazel Reeves (pictured) for a statue that is going to be put up in St. Peter’s Square in the middle of Manchester. The statue will celebrate a woman called Emmeline Pankhurst. Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Who was Emmeline Pankhurst? Emmeline Pankhurst (1858– 1928) was a woman who campaigned for female suffrage. Suffrage means the right to vote. Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the leaders of a group called the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU). Women who campaigned for the right to vote were often called suffragettes or suffragists. Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Why does Manchester want to commemorate her? Read what the website of the Manchester Evening News has to say about this new statue. Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Why does Manchester want to commemorate her? Q: Pankhurst was described as a ‘woman of significance’ by Councillor Simcock. How else has she been described? bronze iconic (x 2) Mancunian (x 2) legendary deserving permanent Q: What adjectives are used to describe Pankhurst and/or the new statue? Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Why does Manchester want to commemorate her? An artist’s impression of what the new statue in St. Peter’s Square will look like. Jot down some notes to answer this question. bronze iconic (x 2) Mancunian (x 2) legendary deserving permanent Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Arguments for and against women’s suffrage 2018 marks 100 years since the law in the UK was changed to allow some women the right to vote. This centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 has been marked in lots of different ways. But why did women need to campaign for the right to vote in the first place? Colour-code the arguments for and against female suffrage. Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Why have Manchester City Council decided to spend money on a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst? This new statue of Emmeline Pankhurst is part of the celebrations of this centenary. But why a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst? Read ‘Short history of the campaign for votes for women’ (or ‘Very short history…’). What did Pankhurst and the WSPU do that might make the people of Manchester believe she deserves a statue? Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Why does Manchester want to commemorate her? An artist’s impression of what the new statue in St. Peter’s Square will look like. Why does Manchester City Council want a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst? And why in St. Peter’s Square? bronze iconic (x 2) Mancunian (x 2) legendary deserving permanent Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

The Peterloo Massacre An artist’s impression of St. Peter’s Square in 1819 Before 1832, less than five per cent of the population had the right to vote. In 1819, thousands of people from Manchester and the surrounding towns came to St. Peter’s Fields (now St. Peter’s Square) to a protest, asking for more people to be given the right to vote. The protestors were met with violence ordered by local magistrates, which left at least 11 dead and 400– 700 people injured. As this was shortly after the famous Battle of Waterloo, the event became known as the Peterloo Massacre. Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? Activity: Why do people today choose to put up statues of people from the past? Tasks: 1) Complete the spider diagram. Why do people today choose to put up statues of people from the past? Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? Plenary: Discuss your spider diagrams. Why do people put up statues of people from the past? Enquiry 3: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?