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The women suffrage society
In 1876, Hubertine Auclert founded the society "The Rights of Women" to promove and advance the right to vote for womenn and from 1883 it was renamed the Women's Suffrage Society. -
The self-governing British colony of New Zealand
The British colony of South Australia granted full suffrage in 1894, giving to women the right to vote and to stand for a parliament. However women of Australia’s indigenous people were specifically excluded until 1949 when the right to vote in federal elections was granted to all these indigenous people. -
The National Union of Women Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
In 1897, Millicent Fawcett founded the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies with a similar purpose. Hoping to achieve what was wanted in peaceful way, Millicent Fawcett made explicit arguments to convince men of this idea, which at the time were the only ones that could grant this benefit to women in a legal and regulatory manner. -
The Women Social and Political Union (WSPU)
In 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union together with her two daughters as well as other British women who were called suffragettes, and then a more violent confrontation began to try to achieve equality between men and women. -
Christabel and Annie Kenney
In 1905, Christabel and Annie Kenney were arrested for shouting slogans in favor of the female vote, at a political meeting of the Liberal Party and on that occasion they chose jail instead of paying one fine. This was the beginning of a series of arrests and imprisonments. -
Several Hunger strikes and Emily Davison die.
Beginning in 1909, several hunger strikes were held in prisons by the suffragettes. the Government tried to force them to eat, but they didn't want. Everything changed when Emily Davison died in 1913 while trying to stop the horse of King George V. -
The Women Tax Resistence League (WTRL)
The women tax resistence league (WTRL) is formed, a direct action of group who refused to pay taxes without political representation. They create a slogan that says "No vote, no tax". The fundation ocurred at a meeting held by Louisa Garrett Anderson that was attended by supporters of the women Freedom league. -
Representation of the People Act
In 1918, the UK Parliament passed a law (Representation of the People Act 1918) granting the right to vote to women over 30 years of age, provided they were landowners, or had an annual rent of more than 5 pounds, or graduates from British universities. In 1928 ten years later, the status of voter changed, balancing the conditions to the men and women. -
Women vote right
The United Kingdom established the right to vote for women. The first to take this action was New Zealand (1893), because of the work of a world pioneer Kate Sheppard in 1902 Australia did the same and in 1906 Finland followed. -
Ratification Of The Nineteenth Amendment
The ratification of the nineteenth amendment says that no state of the United States and the federal gobernement can deny to one civic the right to vote because of the sex.