Women's Right Timeline

By jacqlyn.robbins
  • Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

    Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

    Mary created this book to argue that women should be allowed to have education and be treated equally as. men
  • The Great Reform Act

    The Great Reform Act

    During 1832 men believed that women should be allowed in order to vote, therefore the great reform act was created
  • John Stuart Mill publishes The Subjection of Women

    John Stuart Mill publishes The Subjection of Women

    John Stuart published this book to advocate for legal and social equality between men and women.
  • The Married Women’s Property Act

    The Married Women’s Property Act

    This Act gave married women the right to keep their own income and property.
  • (NUWSS) is formed

    (NUWSS) is formed

    United Kingdom advocated for Women's right to vote through peaceful and legal methods as the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies .
  • Emmeline Pankhurst founds the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)

    Emmeline Pankhurst founds the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)

    Established by her daughters to pursue tactics for women's right to vote.
  • Representation of the People Act

    Representation of the People Act

    This act granted voting rights to women over 30
  • Equal Franchise Act

    Equal Franchise Act

    The Equal Franchise Act granted voting rights to women who were over 21
  • Equal Pay Act is passed

    Equal Pay Act is passed

    President John F. Kennedy had signed a law to prohibit gender-based pay discrimination. This required both gender to be pay the same wage.
  • 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the UK

    100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the UK

    The 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the UK was in 2018