Increased political equality for women by 1928
A number of factors contributed to the growth of political equality for women in this period:
- changing attitudes to women in society
- women’s suffrage campaigns
- the militant Suffragette campaign
- the part played by women in the war effort, 1914–18
- the example of other countries
The graphic below shows some of the key steps that led to greater political equality for women.
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