There is a number of reasons to show why it took women so long to get the vote such as the liberal govt. attitude, the attitude of political parties, and the social attitudes towards women. The reasons to suggest why women gain the vote was the role women played in the war or the effect women's pre-war agitation.

The Liberal government had a very negative attitude towards giving the women of Britain the vote for a number of reasons such as they were reluctant to extend the vote as they felt the women would vote for other parties rather than them, the liberals faced lots of problems by letting women get the vote as some people would look at them as being weak for giving into the women and granting them the vote, they would set a bad example if they gave into the blackmail of the women...