Meanwhile, all women in the USA were given the right to vote in 1920 (although in some states women could vote before that). In 1979 Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister. In 1929 Margaret Bondfield became the first female cabinet minister. She was the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons. In 1928 all women were allowed to vote at the age of 21 (the same as men). In Britain in 1918 women over 30 were allowed to vote if they met a property qualification. The suffragettes halted their campaign when the war began in 1914. However, the WSPU did not want votes for n women – only those who met a property qualification. The suffragettes committed crimes like arson and vandalism. Emmeline Pankhurst led it and its members were called suffragettes. However, in 1903 a more radical organisation was formed called the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU). The organisation was moderate and its members were called suffragists. So in 1897 local groups of women who demanded the vote joined to form the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). Technological and economic changes made it inevitable that women would be given the same rights as men.īy 1884 the majority of men in Britain were allowed to vote. By Tim Lambert Women’s Rights in the 20th Centuryĭuring the 20th century women gained equal rights with men.
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