Women cannot vote until over the age of 31 in the victorian age.
-legally separated wife given right to keep what she earns-
In February 1918 female householders aged over 30 were granted the vote, 62 years after Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon's petition. To read Martin Pugh's account of the reasons women were enfranchised at this time
Monday, May 3, 2010
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