Suffragette London – then and now

FULL STORY by Alicia Canter: The GUARDIAN…..

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The Representation of the People Act 1918 added 8.5 million women – those over 30 who owned property, or were graduates voting in a university constituency – to the electoral roll. It extended the parliamentary vote to some women and paved the way for universal suffrage 10 years later. It also gave the vote to 5.6 million more men after their voting age was lowered to 21 and the property qualification abolished. The general election in December 1918 consulted an electorate three times the size of the one before it.