Emma Rafferty 29/09/08 Emma Rafferty 29/09/08Why Did a Campaign for Women's Suffrage Develop after 1870?A campaign for women's suffrage developed in the years after 1870 due to several reasons. Before 1870, a large-scale movement had not been created, so in the 19th century women had almost no property rights, very little employment opportunities and hardly any political rights. Women suffered from a number of restrictions: both laws which were made to restrict their freedom including a law banning women from working in coal mines, one of the best paying jobs that a
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