Women's Suffrage 1860-1930 Timeline of everything!

Timeline of women!

Education, work, public life, acts, WSPU, NUWSS etc.

m/c = middle-class

w/c = working-class

TU = Trade Union

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  • Created on: 18-05-13 17:40

Date/period

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1839 Custody of Children Act

1842 Mines Act

1848 Queen's College founded

1850 North London Collegiate School for Ladies

1851 Census

1854 Cheltenham Ladies' College

1857 Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act

1864-69 Contagious Diseases Acts

1867 Reform Act

1869 Municipal Franchise Act
1869 Ladies' National Federation

1870 Education Act & MWPA

1871 Cambridge University

1872 Girls' Public Day School Trust

1874 London School of Medicine for Women

1875 Poor Law
1875 Women's TU League

1876 Enabling Act

1878 London University

1879

1880 Mundella's Act (Education Act)

1881 Women's Liberal Association

1882 Married Women's Property Act

1883 Primrose League formed

1884 Reform Act
1884 Matrimonial Causes Act
1884 TUC

1886 Contagious Diseases Acts Repealed
1886 Suffrage Bill

1891 Jackson Case
1891 Education Act

1894 Local Government Act

1897 NUWSS Formed

1900 

1902 Balfour's Act

1903 WSPU Formed

1905 Kenney & Christabel arrested

1906

1907 Men's League For Women's Suffrage

1907 Votes for Women newspaper created by WSPU

1908 Women's Sunday
Increasing militancy

1908 Men's League for Opposing Women's Suffrage

1910 Black Friday

1912 NUM

1913 Emily Davidson dies
Cat and Mouse Act

1914 Break out of WWI 

1914 Women's Peace Rally (NUWSS)

1915 Right To Work March
1915 Women's War Register

1916 Speaker's Conference

1917 Women's Land Army

1918 Representation of the People Bill

1919 Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act

1920 Central Committee to Women's Training

1921

1928 Equal Franchise Act

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This is a superb resource - the only timeline you need for learning key dates on Women's suffrage 1860-1930!