Timeline of The History of Women's Rights in Britain from 1877
A timeline charting the history of women in Britain and their long struggle for the right to vote, starting when Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh prosecuted.
1877:
Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh prosecuted.
1878:
The first woman is elected to membership of the Meteorological Society.
1878:
Matrimonial Causes Amendment Act is passed
1878:
London University grants degrees and full membership to women.
1880:
The Burials Bill gives women the right to conduct funeral services.
1880:
First suffrage demonstration is held
1880:
Female students graduate for the first time
1881:
Civil Service appoints female clerks by open competition.
1881:
Isle of Man gives the vote to 700 women property owners
1882:
A new Married Women's Property Act passes.
1882:
Municipal Franchise Act for Scotland is passed
1883:
Petition for women's suffrage is signed by Liberal MPs.
1883:
The Women's Co-operative Guild is established.
1883:
MP Hugh Mason proposed a motion for women's suffrage and is defeated
1884:
First woman to receive a Doctorate of Science degree
1884:
The Reform Act extended the vote to most adult men.
1885:
Criminal Law Amendment Act raises the age of consent to 16
1886:
Contagious Diseases Acts is repealed
1886:
Guardianship of Infants Act is passed.
1886:
Married Women's Maintenance Act is passed.
1887:
Miss Agnata Ramsay is awarded a First in Classics at Cambridge
1887:
Women's Liberal Federation formed.
1888:
Local Government Electors Act give women the vote for county councils.
1888:
The Trades Unions' Congress resolves equal pay for equal work.
1888:
Mrs Kitty Butler becomes the first female motorcyclist.
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Timeline of The History of Women's Rights in Britain from 1877
A timeline charting the history of women in Britain and their long struggle for the right to vote, starting when Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh prosecuted.