THE ROAD TO THE VOTE
3 AUG 1832
The radical MP Henry Hunt (shown addressing a rally, below) presents the first women’s suffrage petition to parliament on behalf of a Mary Smith from Yorkshire.
1866
Barbara Bodichon (above) founds the Women’s Suffrage Committee. It sets up a new petition that gains 1,499 signatures.
JAN 1867
The Manchester National Society for Women’s Suffrage (MNSWS) is formed. Among its committee members is barrister Richard Pankhurst (), who goes on to marry fellow activist
