Corrigé droits des femmes : exercices d’anglais 3e

1. a banner : d
2. equal pay : h
3. the right to vote : f
4. to go on hunger strike : g
5. to campaign for : a
6. an MP : e
7. to be force-fed : b
8. women’s rights : c

1. suffragettes (méthodes militantes)
2. suffragists
3. suffragettes
4. suffragists (méthodes pacifiques)
5. suffragettes
6. suffragettes (WSPU d’Emmeline Pankhurst)

1. Emmeline Pankhurst was the leader of the suffragettes.
2. In 1903, she founded the Women’s Social and Political Union.
3. Her daughters Christabel and Sylvia joined the fight.
4. She was arrested many times.
5. She fought for women’s right to vote.
6. She died in 1928, a few weeks before all women over 21 got the vote.

1. 1848 : e (Seneca Falls)
2. 1893 : c (Nouvelle-Zélande)
3. 1903 : f (création de la WSPU)
4. 1913 : b (Emily Wilding Davison)
5. 1918 : a (vote à 30 ans)
6. 1928 : d (vote à 21 ans)

1. The suffragettes marched through London.
2. They carried banners saying « Votes for Women ». (consonne + y : -ied)
3. Some women chained themselves to railings.
4. The police sent them to prison. (send, sent, sent)
5. In prison, they refused to eat.
6. During the war, women took men’s jobs. (take, took, taken)
7. They didn’t give up.
8. In 1918, the law changed.

1. She was a teacher.
2. She was sent to prison nine times.
3. It is a famous horse race.
4. The King’s horse knocked her down.
5. She died four days later, on 8 June 1913.
6. They wore purple, white and green.

1. New Zealand gave women the vote first, in 1893.
2. Switzerland gave women the vote last, in 1971.
3. American women got the vote in 1920.
4. After: French women voted after British women (1944 / 1918).
5. 78 years separate New Zealand and Switzerland (1971 − 1893).

1. The suffragettes fought for women’s rights. (women est déjà pluriel : ‘s)
2. Equality is important. (pas d’article devant une notion générale)
3. She was arrested in 1912. (date passée : prétérit)
4. Women could vote in 1918 if they were over 30. (they + were)
5. The suffragettes were very brave. (sujet pluriel)
6. They fought for the suffrage of women. (suffrage = droit de vote ; suffering = souffrance)

1. Women could not (couldn’t) vote.
2. They went on hunger strike.
3. She was sent to prison.
4. The suffragettes campaigned for the right to vote.
5. During the war, women worked in factories.
6. Deeds, not words.

1. La place d’une femme est au foyer. (idée de l’époque, combattue par les suffragettes)
2. Elles portaient une banderole où l’on lisait « Le vote pour les femmes ».
3. L’opinion publique était choquée.
4. Les femmes gagnaient moins que les hommes.
5. Chaque fille a le droit d’aller à l’école.

Exemple de réponse :

1. Today I went to Parliament Square with my friends.
2. I wore my purple, white and green scarf and I carried a « Votes for Women » banner.
3. We shouted our slogan in front of Parliament.
4. A policeman arrested me and took me to the police station.
5. I was scared, but I felt proud.
6. I want the right to vote, like men.