House of Commons

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politics Lady Ottoline Morrell
Strongly anti-armament, LOM persuaded her Liberal MP husband, Philip Morrell , to speak in the House of Commons against Britain's entry into the coming war (later called the Great War, later still World War I).
Seymour, Miranda. Ottoline Morrell: Life on the Grand Scale. Farrar Straus Giroux.
195-6
politics Stella Benson
After the First World War broke out in August 1914, SB sided with Flora Annie Steel in a Women Writers' Suffrage League dispute over supporting the war. Benson and Steel believed in supporting the war...
politics Eleanor Rathbone
In the same month that the House of Commons was officially informed of the Nazi holocaust of Jews and other minorities, ER began to pressure the government for a formal debate on the catastrophe.
Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press.
135
politics Charlotte Despard
The WFL was against violence or damage to property or individual politicians. They organized a protest in which a woman chained herself to the grille of the House of Commons Ladies' Gallery, and they favoured...
politics Annie Besant
The Monster Petition against parliamentary grants to royal personages
Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press.
101
was presented to the House of Commons , AB having organized signature collection the previous year.
Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press.
101
politics Eleanor Rathbone
When the House of Commons first debated the extermination of the Jews and other despised minorities in Germany and conquered nations, ER urged Britain to secure safety for refugees in neutral states.
Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press.
135
politics Caroline Norton
Thomas Noon Talfourd gave notice early in 1837 of a House of Commons motion on this subject, and the Bill was printed. But immediately after this CN 's husband relented and allowed her to see...
politics Eleanor Rathbone
In March 1935 ER also spoke in the House about the importance of reserved places for women on Indian Provincial Councils, and against a plan which would have required female potential voters to apply to...
politics Flora Tristan
With the help of a Turkish diplomat she met while in London, FT attended sessions in the British House of Commons and House of Lords disguised as a Turkish gentleman.
Tristan, Flora. Flora Tristan’s London Journal, 1840. Translators Palmer, Dennis and Giselle Pincetl, Charles River Books.
55
politics Eleanor Rathbone
The movement of this bill involved many prominent women in the House of Commons : it had been introduced by Margaret Bondfield , the nation's first female cabinet minister, while Jennie Lee , Lady Cynthia Moseley
politics Eleanor Rathbone
She remained a staunch feminist and patriot. As she had recognized two decades earlier, times of war did allow for social change and improvement, despite the extensive, brutal devastation of armed conflict. On 20 March...
Publishing Dinah Mulock Craik
Dinah Mulock contributed to the Cornhill a female perspective on parliamentary debate in The House : ladies' gallery.
Mitchell, Sally. Dinah Mulock Craik. Twayne.
chronology
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press.
5: 563-4
Publishing Beatrice Harraden
A couple of years after this BH began a steady flow of letters to the Times on the topic of women's suffrage: the last of these, written on 2 February 1927, was the plea or...
Publishing Florence Dixie
The Times printed a letter from FD about the rejection of a suffrage bill by the House of Commons on 30 April, arguing that women must support only politicians who commit themselves in writing to...
Publishing Olaudah Equiano
Ten days later the Public Advertiser printed his letter of 13 March to Lord Hawkesbury (later Lord Liverpool) , President of the Board of Trade, offering material for the committee investigating the slave trade (which...

Timeline

14 March 1856: A petition for Reform of the Married Women's...

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14 March 1856

A petitionfor Reform of the Married Women's Property Law, organized by the Married Women's Property Committee and signed by many prominent women, was presented to both Houses of Parliament.

14 May 1857: Sir Thomas Erskine Perry and Richard Monckton...

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14 May 1857

Sir Thomas Erskine Perry and Richard Monckton Milnes presented a Married Women's Property Bill to the House of Commons .

Earlier 1857: The House of Commons debated what aggravations...

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Earlier 1857

The House of Commons debated what aggravations a husband could commit that, when coupled with adultery, would justify a wife in suing for divorce.

1866: The Royal Society of Arts established a scheme...

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1866

The Royal Society of Arts established a scheme (believed to be the first in the world) for setting up commemorative plaques on buildings associated with famous people.
Quinn, Ben. “Plaque blues. Cuts hit heritage scheme”. Guardian Weekly, p. 16.

7 June 1866: John Stuart Mill presented to the House of...

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7 June 1866

John Stuart Mill presented to the House of Commons a suffrage petition signed by 1,499 women, drafted by Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon , Jessie Boucherett , and Emily Davies .

5 April 1867: John Stuart Mill presented the House of Commons...

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5 April 1867

John Stuart Mill presented the House of Commons with a second women's suffrage petitionpetition, bearing over three thousand signatures.

21 April 1868: A Married Women's Property Bill prepared...

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21 April 1868

A Married Women's Property Bill prepared by the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science was sponsored by George Shaw Lefevre and John Stuart Mill ; it stalled because the vote in the House

1870-1885: In the fervent campaign against the Contagious...

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1870-1885

In the fervent campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 900 public meetings were held and 2,606,429 signatures were gathered on 17,367 petitions presented to the House of Commons .

April 1870: Supporters of Sophia Jex-Blake's campaign...

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April 1870

Supporters of Sophia Jex-Blake 's campaign for female medical education wrote to The Times and The Englishwoman's Review asking women to petition Parliament in support of female doctors.

4 May 1870: Jacob Bright introduced an unsuccessful women's...

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4 May 1870

Jacob Bright introduced an unsuccessful women's suffrage bill in the House of Commons ; it was the first time female enfranchisement was considered as an issue unto itself.

9 August 1870: The Education Act established a national...

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9 August 1870

The Education Act established a national elementary education system governed by local school boards, to which women could be elected.

February 1876: Anna Haslam, a Quaker, established the Dublin...

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February 1876

Anna Haslam , a Quaker, established the Dublin Women's Suffrage Association (sometimes known as the Irish Suffrage Society ).

1881: Incandescent electric lighting was installed...

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1881

Incandescent electric lighting was installed at the Savoy Theatre, London.

1888: The Ladies' Gallery at the House of Commons...

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1888

The Ladies' Gallery at the House of Commons was closed on account of suffragists repeatedly shouting from it in order to disrupt parliamentary proceedings.

25 July 1889: The Women's Franchise League, an organisation...

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25 July 1889

The Women's Franchise League , an organisation committed to including married women in future women's suffrage proposals, was formed in London by Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy , Alice Scatcherd , and Harriet M'Ilquham and others.

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