Suffragettes

The Suffragettes 1990-1918

  • Womens Property Act

    Gave married women the right to own property instead of it belonging to her husband
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    The Suffragettes

  • Women recognised as individuals

    Married women recognised by the law as individuals rather than posssesions of their husbands
  • Womens franchise league

    Womens Franchise league campaign for the rights of married women for equality in divorce, inheritance and the custody of children
  • Education

    Free compulsory education for all children under 12. Men cannot compell their wives to live in matrimonial house
  • Parish councils act

    Permits propertied women and ratepayers to serve on urban and parish district councils.
  • Factory act

    Bans the employment of children under the age of eleven in factories and women coannot be employed within 4 weeks of conceiving a child
  • Non-militant National Union of Women's Suffrage Society (NUWSS)

    NUWSS formed by well educated middle class women who were frustrated with their lives
  • Liberal party view

    Liberal leaders opposed womens right to vote but backbench liberal MP's supported women
  • Factory Act change

    Reduces number of working hours for women by one