British Women's Right to Vote

British women’s right to vote was achieved gradually through a movement advocating gender equality and legal reforms. Initially, women could not vote in parliamentary elections, but activists like the suffragettes and suffragists campaigned for change throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Significant milestones include the Representation of the People Act 1918, which granted voting rights to women over 30 who met certain property qualifications, and the Equal Franchise Act 1928, which extended voting rights to all women over 21 on equal terms with men. These changes marked a historic step toward gender equality in British democracy.