The changing position of women - Early years 1860 - 1900
Mind Map of some of the early laws introduced affecting women during the birth of feminism.
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- Early years - changing position of women. 1860 - 1900
- Education
- 1870: Education Act sets up enough board schools for every child to have access to an elementary education.
- 1891: Elementary Education made compulsory up to the age of twelve.
- 1893: School leaving age fixed at eleven.
- 1899: School leaving age raised to twelve.
- 1870 Education Act allows women ratepayers to vote for, and serve on, the new school boards.
- 1880: Mundella's act made education compulsory for children under thirteen.
- Marriage, Divorce & Children
- 1870: First Married Woman's Property Act.
- 1873: Second Custody of Infants Act.
- 1882: Second Married Woman's Property Act.
- 1886: Married Women Act.
- 1886: Guardianship of Infants Act.
- Suffrage
- 1867: Reform Act gave the vote to working-class men in towns.
- 1884: Reform Act gave the vote to two men in every three.
- 1869: Municipal Franchise Act allows unmarried women ratepayers to vote in municipal elections.
- 1894: Local Government Act gave married women the right to vote in local elections.
- Work
- 1882: Invention of the typewriter sees growth in shorthand and typewriting jobs for women.
- 1891: Census records that women make up 59% of the workforce in the clothing trade.
- 1875: First women elected to serve on Poor Law Boards as guardians of the poor.
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson becomes first woman on the Medical Register.
- 1867 Agricultural Gangs Act bans employment of young girls.
- 1893 Women allowed to become Factory inspectors.
- 1875: Women make up more than 50% of all elementary school teachers.
- Women's independence and social position.
- 1884: Women acquire independent legal status.
- 1864: First Contagious Diseases Act.
- 1866: Second Contagious Diseases Act
- 1969: Third Contagious Diseases Act.
- Suffrage societies
- 1869: Josephine Butler forms the Ladies National Association.
- 1881: First women's liberal association formed in Bristol
- 1883: Contagious diseases act suspended
- 1885: Age of consent raised from thirteen to sixteen.
- 1886: Repeal of Contagious Diseases Act.
- Key Players
- The Jackson Case: a man cannot compel his wife to live with him.
- Caroline Norton
- Josephine Butler
- Political parties
- Conservative
- 1883: The Primrose League established
- Liberal
- 1887: Women's Liberal Foundation established.
- Conservative
- Education
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