827 results for suffrage

9 February 1907
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies organised a demonstration to coincide with the opening of the next session of Parliament (the biggest suffragist public event so far); because of the pouring rain, it became known as the Mud March.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
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Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Philippa Strachey

17 January 1908
As part of an intensifying suffrage campaign,...

As part of an intensifying suffrage campaign, several women chained themselves to 10 Downing Street.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

October 1793
A British Convention on manhood suffrage...

A British Convention on manhood suffrage was held in Edinburgh, bringing together delegates from the LondonCorresponding Society and Scottish delegates of the Society for Constitutional Information .
Emsley, Clive. British Society and the French Wars, 1793-1815. Macmillan, 1979.
24
Epstein, James. “Great Palladium”. London Review of Books, 7 Sept. 2000, pp. 25-6.
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1880
Women achieved suffrage in the Isle of M...

Women achieved suffrage in the Isle of Man.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

1909
The Irish Women's Suffrage Society was formed...

The Irish Women's Suffrage Society was formed in Belfast; it had Unionist leanings.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
42
Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
283
Murphy, Cliona. The Women’s Suffrage Movement and Irish Society in the Early Twentieth Century. Temple University Press, 1989.
8

9 July 1910
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies sponsored a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, attended by over 10,000 people, in support of the impending second reading of the Conciliation Bill.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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1948
This year, in the spread of women's suffrage...

This year, in the spread of women's suffrage around the globe, women acquired the right to vote in Iraq, in Israel, and in Korea.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

28 March 1912
The Conciliation Bill (on suffrage) was defeated...

The Conciliation Bill (on suffrage) was defeated in a House of Commons vote, after passing its second reading (the previous year) with a huge majority.
Holton, Sandra Stanley. “Women and the Vote”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis and June Purvis, University College London, 1995, pp. 277-05.
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Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
133
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
135
Frye, Kate Parry. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary. Editor Crawford, Elizabeth, Francis Boutle Publishers, 2013.
98-100

29 March 1915
The Irish Catholic Women's Suffrage Association,...

The Irish Catholic Women's Suffrage Association , a non-militant, non-partisan group, was formed in Dublin.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
101, 142n16
Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
284

28 September 1885
Women achieved suffrage in the Madras Pr...

Women achieved suffrage in the Madras Presidency.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
1045
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
1391

October 1909
The Men's League for Women's Suffrage began...

The Men's League for Women's Suffrage began monthly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
29

5 July 1909
Marion Wallace Dunlop started the first suffrage...

Marion Wallace Dunlop started the first suffrage hunger-strike after being arrested for stencilling graffitti on the wall of St Stephen's Hall in the House of Commons; she was released after four days.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
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Norquay, Glenda. Voices and Votes: A Literary Anthology of the Women’s Suffrage Campaign. Manchester University Press, 1995.
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Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
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Kazantzis, Judith, editor. Women in Revolt: the fight for emancipation: a collection of contemporary documents. Cape, 1968.

21 October 1908
The first suffrage leaflet drop was made...

The first suffrage leaflet drop was made on London, by a suffragette who scattered leaflets demanding Votes For Women! over the House of Commons from a hired civilian dirigible.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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December 1908
The Men's Committee for Opposing Female Suffrage...

The Men's Committee for Opposing Female Suffrage was formed.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
99

July 1902
Female suffrage was exercised in federal...

Female suffrage was exercised in federal elections in Australia.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

30 April 1892
The House of Commons debated a women's suffrage...

The House of Commons debated a women's suffrage bill, introduced by Conservative member Sir Albert Rollit , which would have allowed women with local government franchise to vote in parliamentary elections, but the bill failed to win a majority.
Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
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Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
84-6
Rubinstein, David. Before the Suffragettes: Women’s Emancipation in the 1890s. Harvester, 1986.
143-4

1880
Jessie Craigen of the Dublin Women's Suffrage...

Jessie Craigen of the Dublin Women's Suffrage Association was a major speaker at the Trade Union Congress in Dublin.
Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
272

November 1906
The Women's Suffrage Record, edited by Edith...

The Women's Suffrage Record, edited by Edith Palliser , ceased publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
22

By 1911
The Free Church League for Women's Suffrage,...

The Free Church League for Women's Suffrage , a Nonconformist organisation, was in existence.
Kaye, Elaine. “A Turning-point in the Ministry of Women: The Ordination of the First Woman to the Christian Ministry in England in September 1917”. Women in the Church, edited by William J. Sheils and Diana Wood, Basil Blackwell, 1990, pp. 505-12.
505

1946
Universal adult suffrage was gained in T...

Universal adult suffrage was gained in Trinidad.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
268

1912
The Jewish League for Women's Suffrage was...

The Jewish League for Women's Suffrage was created.
Burman, Rickie. “’She Looketh Well to the Ways of Her Household’: The Changing Role of Jewish Women in Religious Life”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 234-59.
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1944
Universal adult suffrage was gained in J...

Universal adult suffrage was gained in Jamaica.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
268

7 November 1911
The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry...

The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith , told members of the People's Suffrage Federation that his Liberal government would bring forward, next session, a Manhood Suffrage Bill or Reform Bill.
Lytton, Constance. Prisons and Prisoners. Heinemann, 1914.
318-19
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
116-17, 171

January 1896
The Combined Sub-Committee was established...

The Combined Sub-Committee was established to promote suffrage in Parliament ; it was an alliance of the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage , the Central National Society for Women's Suffrage , and the Manchester National Society for Women's Suffrage .
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
4, 5

17 June 1911
The Women's Coronation Procession was attended...

The Women's Coronation Procession was attended by 40,000 women from at least twenty-eight women's suffrage organisations, including both the Women's Social and Political Union and the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies .
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
122-32
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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