British Women's Emancipation since the Renaissance
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Mary Smith, first woman to ask for the parliamentary vote. Bell's Life, 5 August 1832

The wording of Mary Smith's petition. Morning Post 8 August 1832

Women in East Cumberland, Finsbury and Aberdeen secure the vote. Leeds Mercury 26 Sept 1868

Dame Dorothy Pakington, Pall Mall Gazette, 11 November 1879

A woman struck off the register. Derby Mercury, 30 Sept 1868

Hampshire Telegraph, 30 Sept 1868

Judgement, Chorlton v. Lings, November 1868

Jane Ronniger and Millicent Garrett Fawcett (Mrs Henry Fawcett), The Examiner, 18 March 1871. The Blue Coat School is Christ's Hospital School.

 

Lady Amberley's Ten Point Plan January 1871

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