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Divorce/ Inheritance Laws
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The Women’s Social and Political Union is founded in Manchester by
Emmeline Pankhurst, her daughters Christabel and Sylvia, and Annie
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The National Federation of Women Workers is set up by Mary MacArthur
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British writer, feminist and composer Ethel Smyth composes the
feminist anthem ‘March of the Women’ which is dedicated to Emmeline
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All women in Britain gain equal voting rights with men.
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1956 In Britain, legal reforms say that women teachers and civil servants
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Women at the Ford car factory in Dagenham strike over equal pay,
almost stopping production at all Ford UK plants. Their protest led
directly to the passing of the Equal Pay Act -
mary wollstonecraft a vindication of the rights of women
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Canada and Soviet Union made this law