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In Wales, fear of witchcraft mounted around the year 1500. There was a growing alarm of women's magic as a weapon aimed against the state and church. The Church made greater efforts to enforce the canon law of marriage, especially in Wales where tradition allowed a wider range of sexual partnerships.
A movement to fight for women's right to vote in the United Kingdom finally succeeded through acts of Parliament in 1918 and 1928. It became a national movement in the Victorian era. Women were not explicitly banned from voting in Great Britain until the Reform Act 1832 and the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which protected people from discrimination on the grounds of sex or marital status. The Act concerned employment, training, education, harassment, the provision of goods and services, and the disposal of premises.
Ruth and May Bell. Eileen Bennett. Alia Bhatt. Minah Bird. Jenny Boyd (actress) Penny Brahms. Daphne Brooker. Downtown Julie Brown.
Succeeded her husband J. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson as MP after he became a member of the House of Lords after being raised to the peerage as Viscount Davidson. Daughter of Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson. In 1963 she was created a life peer as Baroness Northchurch, of Chiswick in the County of Middlesex.
This category has the following 26 subcategories, out of 26 total. Films about women in the United Kingdom (10 C, 4 P) Women in England (11 C, 14 P) Women in Northern Ireland (5 C, 1 P) Women in Scotland (7 C, 13 P) Women in Wales (6 C, 5 P)
Main article: History of women in the United Kingdom. The Women's Liberation Movement (WLM) began as recently as the early 1960s. It began with the introduction of birth control pills. It was only provided to women who were wedded under the law to seek out contraceptive pills. Three years after the proposal, women were given the rights to ...
This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. 18th-century British women (15 C, 54 P) 19th-century British women (22 C, 73 P) 20th-century British women (21 C, 239 P) 21st-century British women (19 C, 288 P)