Women's suffrage was the seeking of the right of women to vote in elections. It was carried out by both men and women, it was a very elongated and gruelling campaign that went on for 86 years before the Representation of the People Act 1918 was introduced on 6 February 1918, which provided a few women with the right to vote.[1]
One of the first three UK societies supporting women's rights to vote was established in 1867, in Scotland's capital, the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage.[2]
- ^ Grant, Jocelyn (8 March 2019). "Scotland and Women's Suffrage". Open Book. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "A guid cause ... The women's suffrage movement in Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 4 April 2020.