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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1918, some women across the UK vote legally in parliamentary elections for the first time. It's the culmination of decades of campaigning.

Only women over 30 who held some property rights were allowed to vote, whereas all men over 21 could vote.

It was another decade until women had equal voting rights as men.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #VotesForWomen #Histodons

Photo of a woman holding a baby as she posts her vote into the ballot box, watched by her children and the polling station staff.
Photo of a woman holding a baby as she posts her vote into the ballot box, watched by her children and the polling station staff.
Photo of a woman holding a baby as she posts her vote into the ballot box, watched by her children and the polling station staff.
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