How far did equality exist in Britain before the First World War?

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How far did equality exist in Britain before the First World War?

                                         Before the first world war women did not have equality in terms of their legal status .The legal status was what women were fighting for, they want to know or have a place in the legal system and as women they wanted to have rights. Women wanted to be ale to keep their children after a marriage spilt, they wanted to keep their money and land if it was left to them after they got married. They wanted to have the right to go the school then university and get a job. They also wanted to be able to keep the money they earned from work. There were three main ladies Harriet Taylor, Josephine Butler and Emmeline Pankhurst . Harriet Taylor wanted women to have equal rights as men she wanted law to protect women from violent husbands, to keep children after divorce and for women to be independent from men. She tried to get her point across by writing essay’s and Book’s with her second husband and she portrayed this by her unconventional lifestyle. Josephine Butler campaigned against the treatment of prostitutes and for better rights and education for women she did this by making speeches all around the world and by writing books. To an extent Women had achieved some equality but it was not complete because women were not allowed to got to university and they were not allowed the vote.

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                   Before the First World War  women did not have equality in terms of political status, which was getting the vote.

  In 1832 middle class men were given the vote but not working class men. Without the vote they could not persuade the government to help them so after 1832 many working class men and women set up groups and collected signatures for petitions that demanded a change in the political system, the demand for change where writer as a charter and the people who supported this were called ...

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