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Suffrage timeline - Coggle Diagram
Suffrage timeline
1832
August: Mary Smith petitions
Henry hunt with the
right to vote.
1866
7 June: John Stuart presents
the first mass women's rights
petition to the house of commons.
1867
January: Manchester National
Society for Women's Suffrage
(MNSWS) is formed, alongside
many other societies in
different cities across Britain.
1868
April: On 15 April 1868, the
MNSWS holds the first ever
public meeting about women’s
suffrage at the Manchester
Free Trade Hall.
1870
December: The Married Women's
Property Act gives married
women the right to own their
own property and money.
1894
December: The Local Government
Act is passed, which allows
married and single women
to vote in elections for
county and borough councils.
1897
February: The NUWSS is formed,
uniting 17 societies. Later
led by Millicent Fawcett, the
NUWSS favoured peaceful
campaign methods
such as petitions.
1903
October: The Women’s Social
and Political Union (WSPU) is
formed in Manchester at the
home of Emmeline Pankhurst.
1905
The WSPU adopts the motto
‘Deeds not Words’, resulting
in the start of militant action
by the suffragettes.
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