1. Why do men and women look at history differently?
2. How do you research the history of women?
3. How can you find out about how women lived in your area in the 19th Century?
4. Why did women want to vote?
5. What did the Suffragettes do to try and get the vote before World War One?
6. If you were the daughter of a coalminer in the 19th century what are your chances of being a composer, opera singer or novelist?
7. What are the chances today in the 21st century?
8. Compare the lifestyles between a child growing up in one of the courts in Wolverhampton and a child brought up in a large town house.
9. In what way have occupations for women changed since the 19th Century?
10. Did the Mines Act 1842, change the occupations of women?
11. Why did some women have to leave their jobs when they married?
12. Why were more women employed in the factories during World War Two?
13. Why did companies like the Steam Laundry, Efandem, and Fischer Bearings employ large numbers of women?
14. In which ways has the education of women changed since the mid 19th century?
15. Describe the interior of the colliers' cottages?
16. What did Wolverhampton Council do about the bad housing in the borough?
17. Did electric cooker, fridges, kettles, and vacuum cleaners give women more time to do other things?
18. How has the medical treatment for women changed since the 1880s?
19. Between 1876 and 1887 the annual birth rate in Wolverhampton fell. Why?
20. Was birth control advice available to all women during the first half of the 20th century?