Context: Contemporary political events. Flashcards
What was the 1870 Married Women’s Property Act 1?
It allowed for married women to keep their wages and investments independant from their husbands, inherit small sums, keep property either rented or inherited from close family. This only applied to future marriages.
What was the 1882 Married Women’s Property Act 2?
This made it law for women to own, buy and sell property, keep any income from the property or from an occupation and keep any inheritance. Additionally, it was written into law that both parents become responsible for their children.
What was established in 1859 by Jessie Boucherett, Barbara Bodichon and Adelaide Anne Proctor?
The Society for Promting the Employment of Women (SPEW).
What was the SPEW?
It was a society of women to promote training and employment for women. It was one of the earliest British womens movements.
What influenced Jessie Boucherett to start SPEW?
An article which drew attention of the plight of ‘superfluous’ women in the late 19th century.
What did the article about the ‘superluous’ women highlight?
How there were much more women than men and so it was unrealistic to expect them all to marry. Women of the middle/lower classes had to find some sort of craft to support themselves with if there was no inheritance or no chance of being wed.
What was the 1860 Contagious Disease Act?
It meant that women suspected of being prostitutes could be sent to prison.
What did Josephine Butler have to say about the 1860 Contagious Disease Act?
She campaigned for the unfairness and the problems these acts gave rise to.
In what year was the age of consent brought in, and what was it?
1885, 16. There was a higher penalty for children under 13.
What was the worlds first university to become open for women and when was the vote passed?
The University of London’s Senate in June 1868.
What did Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Sophia Jex Blake establish in 1874?
The first medical school for women in Britain. This allowed women to graduate and practice medicine. It was called the London School of Medicine for Women (now the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine).
In what year were women granted the vote, and what was controversial about it?
1918, but it was only for women over the age of 30.
In what year were women granted the vote on the same terms as men?
1928.
