Womens Rights Timeline

Question 1

When was divorce possible for both sexes?

Answer 1

1857

Question 2

When was the women’s property act? What is it?

Answer 2

1870

When women can own a property and won’t lose it to their husband during divorce

Question 3

When could women attend university? When did Oxford accept women?

Answer 3

1878

1920

Question 4

When was the qualification of women act and what was it?

Answer 4

1907, women could be elected for council or mayor

Question 5

When could women vote and stand as MPs (what were conditions?)?

Answer 5

1918, over 30 to vote

Question 6

When was the sex discrimination act and what was it?

Answer 6

1920, women could now access professions

Question 7

When we’re equal voting rights gained?

Answer 7

1928

Question 8

When could women sit in the House of Lords?

Answer 8

1958

Question 9

When was the abortion act? What did it mean?

Answer 9

Decriminalised abortion under circumstances in 1967

Question 10

When was the equal pay act?

Answer 10

1970

Question 11

When was contraception available on the NHS?

Answer 11

1974

Question 12

When did the first female prime minister go into office?

Answer 12

Margaret Thatcher 1979

Question 13

When could women apply for loans?

Answer 13

1980

Question 14

When was marital rape made illegal?

Answer 14

1995

Question 15

When did it become compulsory to attend school?

Answer 15

1880 up to 10 years old

Question 16

When could women gain custody of infants?

Answer 16

1839