Timeline of The History of Women's Rights in Britain from 1888
A timeline charting the history of women in Britain and their long struggle for the right to vote, starting when Strike of 700 women matchmakers, led by Annie Besant.
1888: Strike of 700 women matchmakers, led by Annie Besant.
1889: The Women's Franchise League is founded.
1889: Suffrage rally in London on 21st June is attended by 300,000 people.
1889: Chrystal Macmillan becomes the first woman to address the House of Lords
1890: Over 685,000 women are eligible to vote in local elections in England and Wales.
1891: Regina v. Jackson, aka the Clitheroe Case, is heard in court
1891: First edition of The Women's Penny Paper is printed
1892: A woman is accepted into the Royal Institute of British Architecture.
1892: The British Medical Association starts to accept female members.
1894: Emmeline Pankhurst is elected as a Poor Law Guardian in Manchester
1895: Edith Lanchester is forced into a lunatic asylum.
1895: First woman in Britain to qualify as a dental surgeon
1896: Women's suffrage petition of 257,000 signatures presented to parliament.
1897: National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) is founded.
1897: Over 729,000 women are now eligible to vote in local elections in England and Wales.
1897: Ferdinand Faithfull Begg MP introduces a Woman Suffrage Bill
1897: First British female motorist takes to the roads.
1899: International Congress of Women held in London.
1899: Regina vs Clarence case is heard
1901: Women still outnumber men
1901: The birth rate drops to 28.6 per 1,000, from 36 per 1,000 in 1876
1902: Mrs Hertha Ayrton is refused election to the Royal Society.
1903: Emmeline Pankhurst forms WSPU
1904: The first female minister of religion is appointed in England
1905: Militant acts in support of women's suffrage begin to occur.
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Timeline of The History of Women's Rights in Britain from 1888
A timeline charting the history of women in Britain and their long struggle for the right to vote, starting when Strike of 700 women matchmakers, led by Annie Besant.