RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
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15th Amendment
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Parliament
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19th Amendment
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Reform Act of 1867
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Detailed explanation-1: -The organised campaign for women’s suffrage in England began in 1867, when the philosopher John Stuart Mill presented a petition in Parliament calling for inclusion of female enfranchisement in the Reform Act of the same year.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the same period, 1865–68, he was also a Member of Parliament (MP) for City of Westminster. He was sitting for the Liberal Party. During his time as an MP, Mill advocated easing the burdens on Ireland.