Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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20 November 1975
The Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died....
Franco was succeeded as Spanish ruler, as he had arranged by negotiations in 1969, by
, grandson of the last reigning king of Spain. At this date only 17% of the Spanish parliament was elected by universal suffrage, and the expectations were that Juan Carlos would reign briefly or as a shadow of Franco, or both. In a referendum on 15 December 1976, however, unintimidated by a backdrop of terrorist murders and kidnappings, the Spanish people overwhelmingly voted for democratic constitutional reform, and in June the next year the king presided over democratic elections. They elected a coalition government under Premier
.
3 February 1897
Conservative Member of Parliament Faithfull...
Conservative Member of Parliament
's private member's bill in support of women's suffrage passed a second reading in the House of Commons.
1953
At its annual meeting (at Blackpool) the...
The resolutions producing this change signalled a return of what had become predominantly a social organization to its origins in the
(founded in 1919 at a date when women had yet to achieve fully equal suffrage). In their new guise the Guilds have taken a keen interest in the environment and in women's health.
1978
In this year were produced both Elisabeth...
In this year were produced both
's first play, The Great War Show, and her dramatic representation of a moment in the suffrage struggle, Chalking the Flags, performed by
.
12-17 May 1919
The Women's International League for Peace...
Members passed resolutions supporting women's suffrage and their right to sit on national and international legislative and administrative bodies, and advocating the equality of husband and wife, the endowment of motherhood, equal pay, equal education, equal opportunities, and the rights of all peoples not to be discriminated against on the basis of nationality, race, or colour. They specially noted that no restriction should be placed upon the civil or political rights of the Jews because of their race and that the right of Ireland, the nation whose struggle to regain her lost liberty has been the longest of any in Europe, to self-determination.
6 July 1928
Four days after the Representation of the...
Breakfast was chosen for the event in memory of the famous breakfasts we used to have in the old fighting days when the prison gates were opened for the release of suffragists. Two hundred and fifty people attended. The two most distinguished guests were
and
, respectively founder of the
and leader of the
; others included
and
and Labour leader
. Others were prevented by the need to be at work, and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (as the Manchester Guardian reported) in touching words named specially four of those who had not lived to see the victory:
, Miss Emily Davidson [sic] (more probably
than
),
, and
.
4 January 1894
Lady Henry Somerset and Annie E. Holdsworth...
and
published in London the first issue of the Woman's Signal, a weekly magazine addressing temperance issues, and also broader topics such as suffrage, working conditions, and domestic violence.
1904
Dora Montefiore ceases paying her taxes to...
ceases paying her taxes to protests women's lack of suffrage.
8 May 1919
The League of the Church Militant, which...
The
, which developed out of the
, challenged the Church on its exclusion of women from the priesthood.
2 December 1851
A coup d'état by Louis Napoleon abolished...
Louis Napoleon dissolved the National Assembly and restored what historian John M. Merriman calls a sham universal manhood suffrage. Subsequent risings in Paris and the provinces were quelled by the army. Ten thousand people were sentenced to imprisonment and almost another 10,000 to transportation to Algeria or Guiana. Some opponents of Louis Napoleon, including
, went into exile.
January 1792
A shoemaker named Thomas Hardy founded the...
The subscription was a penny a week. The society advocated manhood suffrage, annual elections, and controls on enclosure. It was immensely influential, though its numbers may never have risen above three thousand.
27 April 1866
Benjamin Disraeli, leader of the opposition...
, leader of the opposition to the
government, argued that if there is to be universal suffrage, women have as much right to vote as men.
By 15 July 1876
Emma Paterson, in association with Emily...
By 1895 it employed approximately forty women, whose printing jobs were primarily for suffrage societies and work related to other women's issues.
1839-1851
The Sheffield Female Radical Association,...
Members pushed for the restoration of the provision for female suffrage in the Charter, as well as preparing a petition to Parliament for the enfranchisement of women. The Association was one of the longest-lived FCAs in England.
11 August 1792
The French Legislative Assembly voted to...
The French
voted to establish a
elected by universal manhood suffrage.
After 6 February 1918
Sir Hubert Parry wrote his musical setting...
wrote his musical setting for
's Jerusalem to celebrate women's victory in the suffrage struggle: this fact is not (unlike the music, which is now as famous as the poem) widely known.
1774
John Wilkes called on parliament to introduce...
called on
to introduce universal manhood suffrage.
24 January 1874
Amelia Lewis edited the first issue of Woman's...
It was pro-suffrage and anti-Contagious Diseases Acts; it ended on 18 April 1874.
1776
Josiah Tucker and John Cartwright, in the...
Tucker was heavily sarcastic, Cartwright serious as he argued that women knew that any claim for suffrage would be absurd, since their privilege and power are of another kind; they know their sphere.
Early 1871
With the support of both a parliament elected...
With the support of both a parliament elected by universal male suffrage and German liberals,
became the Chancellor of a united German Empire.
June-July 1848
Elections were held in Austria, following...
Elections were held in Austria, following protests in Vienna that resulted in a revision of the suffrage laws to abolish property qualifications.
10 December 1908
The inaugural meeting of the Actresses' Franchise...
Founded by
and
, the League aimed to use its members' theatrical skills to promote the suffrage cause and to improve opportunities and working conditions for women in the theatre. Its president was
, and its membership included
and
and
.
26 August 1920
The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution...
Woman suffrage had passed Congress and the Senate in 1919, but needed the assent of two-thirds of the states, and Southern states were fiercely against it. On this date Tennessee accepted the amendment by a single vote. Other states opposing woman suffrage changed their opinion over the generations; the final ratification was by Mississippi in 1984.
29 October 1919
The New Zealand legislative council bill...
Suffrage had been achieved on 10 September 1893.
3 September 1791
France became a constitutional monarchy,...
France became a constitutional monarchy, in which (as in England) suffrage was restricted to property-owners.