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Emily Davison was hit by the King’s horse at Epsom derby

force-feeding

Emily Davison, a suffragette who had already been jailed, been on hunger strike and force-fed many times,

threw herself under King George V's horse at Epsom Derby in 1913 to attract the media and the country's

attention. After her tragic death, the government paid more attention to the Suffragettes' demands.

Then, during WWI, the suffragettes stopped their actions out of patriotism (they wanted the government to

be able to focus on the war) and women replaced men in traditionally male jobs. At the end of the war, in

1918, the government decided to give women over 30: The law said that women over the age of 30 who

occupied a house (or were married to someone who did) could vote. Women had proved that they were able

to work like men so it was logical that they could also vote like them. The vote gave women a little power,

more respect and consideration, they finally started to have a place in society. Nevertheless the situation was

still very unequal between men and women.

In 1925, women obtained parental rights.

Ten years later, in 1928, women over 21 were given the right to vote. Women and men were on equal

footing regarding the right to vote.

Representation of the People Act 1918 extract from https://www.parliament.uk/

In 1918 the Representation of the People Act was passed which allowed women over the age of

30 who met a property qualification to vote. Although 8.5 million women met this criteria, it was

only about two-thirds of the total population of women in the UK.

The same Act abolished property and other restrictions for men, and extended the vote to

virtually all men over the age of 21. Additionally, men in the armed forces could vote from the

age of 19. The electorate increased from eight to 21 million, but there was still huge inequality

between women and men.

Equal Franchise Act 1928 It was not until the Equal Franchise Act of 1928 that women over 21 were

able to vote and women finally achieved the same voting rights as men. This act increased the

number of women eligible to vote to 15 million

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