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This is a list of museums in Isle of Man. Manx National Heritage runs the following museums: Castle Rushen, Castletown; Cregneash Folk Village, Cregneash; Grove Museum, Ramsey; House of Manannan, Peel; The Great Laxey Wheel & Mines Trail, Laxey Wheel, Laxey; Manx Aviation and Military Museum, Castletown; Manx Museum, Douglas; The Nautical ...
Lydia Becker was born in Cooper Street in the Deansgate area of Manchester, the oldest daughter of Hannibal Leigh Becker and Mary Becker (née Duncuft). [1]Her grandfather, Ernst Hannibal Becker had emigrated from Ohrdruf in Thuringia and set up a manufacturing business supplying the cotton industry with dyes and chemicals.
This right was often not included in the original suffrage legislation of a state or country, resulting in both men and women campaigning to introduce legislation to enable women to vote. Actions included writing letters to newspapers and legislators, compiling petitions, holding marches and rallies and carrying out acts of violence.
From 1918, with the rest of the United Kingdom, women could vote at 30 with property qualifications or in university constituencies, while men could vote at 21 with no qualification. From separation in 1922, the Irish Free State gave equal voting rights to men and women. [91] Isle of Man: 1881 Israel: 1948
Since the 2021 general election there are two MLP members in the House of Keys, both of whom are women. The Isle of Man Green Party was established in 2016, but only has representation at local government level. [82] There are also a number of pressure groups on the island. Mec Vannin advocate the establishment of a sovereign republic. [83]
During the summer of 1880, Becker visited the Isle of Man to address five public meetings on the subject of women's suffrage to audiences mainly composed of women. These speeches instilled in the Manx women a determination to secure the franchise, and on 31 January 1881, women on the island who owned property in their own right were given the vote.
WIs are grouped into Federations, roughly corresponding to counties or islands, which each have a local office and one or more paid staff. The National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) is the overall body of the WI in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, with headquarters in London. There is also an office in Cardiff ...
Sophia Jane Craine was born in Lonan, Isle of Man, in 1833, to William Craine and Jane (née Quine). [1] She was baptised 3 November 1833. [2] Although William was a shoemaker by trade, he and his wife came to manage boarding houses in Douglas, initially Tynwald House at 3 North Quay, [3] and then at Christian Road. [1]