1860s to 1928
Women's suffrage in Britain
A long campaign for votes for women, carried by both law-abiding suffragists and the more militant suffragettes.
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Short histories of 65 feminist movements, India and South Asia first. Each has a timeline, links to read more elsewhere, and books from our shelf where we have them. These are starting points, not the last word: tell us what is missing through the complaints box or a discussion thread.
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1860s to 1928
A long campaign for votes for women, carried by both law-abiding suffragists and the more militant suffragettes.
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1848
The first women's rights convention in the United States, organised by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Its Declaration of Sentiments, modelled on the Declaration of Independence, demanded equal rights for…
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