events
British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
Related Wikipedia articles
Property qualification
Exclusion from voting rights on the basis of a lack of property
A property qualification is a clause or rule by which those without property (land), or those without property of a set appraised value, or those without income of a set value, are not enfranchised to vote in elections, to stand for election, to hold office or from other…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Women's suffrage
Legal right of women to vote
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Several instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped of, the right to vote. In Sweden, conditional women's suffrage was in effect during the Age of Liberty (1718–1772), as…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Representation of the People Act 1918
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom reforming the electoral system
The Representation of the People Act 1918 was an act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland. It is sometimes known as the Fourth Reform Act. The act extended the franchise in parliamentary elections, also known as the right to vote, to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster in London. Parliament…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)