Women's suffrage in Scotland

Anna Munro advertising the Scottish Women's Freedom League

Women's suffrage was the seeking of the right of women to vote in elections. It was carried out by both men and women, it was a very elongated and gruelling campaign that went on for 86 years before the Representation of the People Act 1918 was introduced on 6 February 1918, which provided a few women with the right to vote.[1]

One of the first three UK societies supporting women's rights to vote was established in 1867, in Scotland's capital, the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage.[2]

  1. ^ Grant, Jocelyn (8 March 2019). "Scotland and Women's Suffrage". Open Book. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. ^ "A guid cause ... The women's suffrage movement in Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

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