why did a campaign for women's suffrage develop after the year 1870?

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Why did a Campaign for women’s suffrage develop in the years after 1870?

Women’s suffrage developed in the years after 1870. The four main factors were education, work, law and family. Another reason for this was because women believed they should have the right to vote as they worked just as hard as men. They had felt so strongly about this issue because they wanted freedom, they wanted a valid voice, and they wanted the choice! Giving women their vote would gain all of that and respect and civil rights.

In 1860’s the constitutional suffragists were led by Millicent Fawcett. The Suffragists changed many laws and fought for many things. One of them is being, giving women the right to vote. In 1939 they introduced the custody of infant act; women would get custody of the children as long as she didn’t commit adultery. In 1967 the abortion act was also introduced and women had the choice to have an abortion. One massive change was introducing the equal pay act in 1970. In 1975 the Sex discrimination act was brought forward. Finally in the 1970’s women were on the political agenda.

In 1840 women weren’t able to vote just because of their sex and the men and their ego. In 1863 women were still not allowed to vote! However in 1901 there was some positive news for women regarding voting, New Zealand and Universal voting was granted, but still no vote for women in Britain.

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Women could not get a good job as they weren’t qualified. In 1840 women were not privileged with education as men were. This means they could not be qualified for a good job. Still in 1863 women were still not allowed any further education. Men must of feared women in being educated, if they were educated they didn’t need the men to go out and get the money, instead they would be earning more money and becoming more independent. Another reason why men wouldn’t want women to have further education was because if women were intellectly equal to men ...

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