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Women Win Vote 1918 Centenary. Blog 22 of 100 on Votes for Women 1866-1918

November 30, 2017

1897-1901: Esther Roper revitalised the Manchester Society for Women’s Suffrage, which had lacked direction since the death of early leading …

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Votes for Women 1866-1918: 100 blogs to the centenary of women winning the vote: Blog 20

November 23, 2017

1901 – by the turn of the century various women’s suffrage societies had been combined to form the National Union …

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British women won the vote Feb 6 1918: 100 blogs on Votes for Women – blog 19

November 21, 2017

1899/1901 – Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, now a widow, had to resign from her voluntary work on a Board of Guardians …

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Women win the vote 1918 centenary. Blog 18 of 100 re 1866-1918 campaign

November 17, 2017

1898: One of women’s suffrage’s most important and ardent male supporters, Richard Pankhurst, died. He had been involved in winning …

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William Gladstone on Votes for Women: Blog 17 of 100 commemorating centenary of victory

November 16, 2017

1890’s: Just as Asquith was to stop women getting the vote during the time of the Suffragettes, Gladstone did likewise …

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Women with vote 1918 centenary: Blog 16 of 100 Votes for Women 1866-19181; en

November 15, 2017

1893: But for disingenuous MP’s putting power and party politics ahead of their own beliefs (no change there then!), Britain’s …

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Women with Vote 1918 Centenary: Blog 15 of 100 on the fight 1866-1918

November 14, 2017

1889: It wasn’t just men who were hampering suffragists. In 1889 an appeal against women’s suffrage was signed by 104 …

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100 years of women’s suffrage: 100 blogs on Votes for Women upto 1918: Blog 14

November 11, 2017

Blog 14: The 1886 General Election resulted in a Conservative government without an overall majority having to rely for support …

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Votes for Women 1866-1918: 100 blogs to centenary Feb 6 2018; Blog 13

November 2, 2017

1888 – Suffrage campaigner Annie Besant published an article entitled “White Slavery in London,” detailing the appalling conditions women were …

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Votes for Women 1866-1918: 100 blogs to centenary of victory; blog 12

October 31, 2017

1884: Suffragists had been told by the Liberal government they intended to introduce a new Reform Bill which included a …

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