Women's Suffrage

The campaign for women's right to vote: • Suffragists campaigned peacefully for women's suffrage • Suffragettes, led by Emmeline Pankhurst, used more militant tactics • 1918: Women over 30 gained the right to vote (Representation of the People Act) • 1928: Equal Franchise Act gave all women over 21 the vote, same as men • 1969: Voting age lowered to 18 for both men and women