Early Women's Suffrage Leaders Autograph letter signed Petition for "Right to Vote in the election of Members of Parliament," 1873
ALS : Autograph Letter Signed
Early suffrage leaders Caroline Biggs and Agnes Garrett Autograph letter signed, 1873 on" National Society for Women’s Suffrage" letterhead. 1 page letter, 10.25 x 8.25 in. Good condition. 2 vertical and 3 horizontal fold lines. Light soiling and small losses around edges. In this letter, leaders Caroline Biggs and Agnes Garrett write from one of the first English national groups, the National Society for Women's Suffrage, founded one year before in 1872. They write about their "Petition…to obtain for those women ratepayers and owners of property…the Right to Vote also in the elections of Members of Parliament." Parliamentary voting rights would become a major battle in the fight for women's equality. It would take 45 years before married women gained the vote in the 1918 Representation of the People Act, and 10 years more before all women gained the vote.Item #16233
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