Timeline of The History of Women's Rights in Britain
A timeline charting the history of women in Britain and their long struggle for the right to vote
1632:
The Law's Resolutions of Women's Rights is published
1637:
First time a patent is granted to a woman
1648:
Leveller women demonstrate in London, calling for equal rights
1670:
First known performance of a play written by a British woman
1693:
The first ever women's magazine is published
1709:
First women's magazine edited by a woman is published
1736:
Sir Matthew Hale's Pleas of the Crown decrees that no husband can be guilty of rape
1745:
Hannah Snell enlists in the army, disguised as a man.
1773:
Poor Law stipulates that fathers must pay towards support of illegitimate children.
1780:
Justice Buller declares that a man may beat his wife.
1788:
Sisterhood of Hand-Spinners formed in Leicester
1801:
First National Census reveals that women outnumber men
1803:
The Methodist conference bans women from preaching
1804:
The first female jockey in Britain competes in her first horse race
1809:
Last woman in England to be ducked as a common scold
1811:
Female lace workers join forces to raise wages in Loughborough.
1823:
John Stuart Mill is jailed for distributing pamphlets on birth control.
1831:
A petition for votes for women is submitted to the House of Commons.
1832:
The Great Reform Act bans all women from voting
1832:
1500 women strike in Yorkshire
1834:
New Poor Law assumes all women dependent on men.
1837:
William IV dies and is succeeded by his niece, Princess Victoria.
1839:
The Child Custody Act is passed
1840:
A judge upholds a man's right to lock up his wife and beat her
1840:
Female delegates excluded from the World Anti-Slavery Convention
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Timeline of The History of Women's Rights in Britain
A timeline charting the history of women in Britain and their long struggle for the right to vote