Woman rights

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  • Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

    Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

    an influential feminist essay that argued for equal education and fundamental rights for women.
  • The Great Reform Act excludes women from voting

    The Great Reform Act excludes women from voting

    he Great Reform Act of 1832 did formally and explicitly exclude women from voting in parliamentary elections by defining a voter as a "male person"
  • John Stuart Mill publishes The Subjection of Women

    John Stuart Mill publishes The Subjection of Women

    John Stuart Mill's The Subjection of Women was published in 1869, advocating for gender equality in all legal, political, and social spheres.
  • The Married Women’s Property Act allows women to keep earnings

    The Married Women’s Property Act allows women to keep earnings

    the Married Women's Property Acts of the 19th century allowed married women to keep their own earnings
  • : National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) is formed

    : National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) is formed

    formed in the United Kingdom in 1897 through a merger of smaller suffrage groups, led by Millicent Garrett Fawcett
  • Emmeline Pankhurst founds the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)

    Emmeline Pankhurst founds the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)

    WSPU was founded in Manchester in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst. Along with the more conservative National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
  • Representation of the People Act grants voting rights to women over 30

    Representation of the People Act grants voting rights to women over 30

    granted voting rights to women over the age of 30 who met a specific property qualification.
  • Equal Franchise Act grants voting rights to women over 21

    Equal Franchise Act grants voting rights to women over 21

    The Equal Franchise Act of 1928 granted women in the United Kingdom the right to vote on the same terms as men
  • Equal Pay Act is passed

    Equal Pay Act is passed

    The Equal Pay Act was passed on June 10, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy signed it into law to prohibit gender-based pay discrimination.
  • 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the UK

    100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the UK

    The 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the UK was in 2018, marking the centenary of the Representation of the People Act