Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919

Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act, 1919[a]
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to amend the Law with respect to disqualifications on account of sex.
Citation9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 71
Dates
Royal assent23 December 1919
Commencement23 December 1919
Repealed1 October 2010
Other legislation
Amended by
  • Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975
  • Solicitors Act 1932
  • Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989
  • Statute Law Revision Act 1927
  • Criminal Justice Act 1972
  • Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980
Repealed byEquality Act 2010
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It became law when it received royal assent on 23 December 1919.[1] The act enabled women to join the professions and professional bodies, to sit on juries and be awarded degrees. It was a government compromise, a replacement for a more radical private members' bill, the Women's Emancipation Bill.[2]


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  1. ^ Oliver & Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac and national repository for the year 1921. p. 213
  2. ^ Takayanagi, Mari (2012). Parliament and Women, c. 1900–1945 (PDF) (PhD thesis). King's College London.