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Women denying women the vote!

Women denying women the vote!

It wasn't just men who opposed the Suffragettes

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Tony McMahon
Feb 13, 2021
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You might find yourself scratching your head at this but in the early 20th century, not only were there women campaigning for the vote but some arguing AGAINST females joining the electoral register.

How could that be? Well, take for example the imposing intellectual figure of Mary Humphrey Ward. She had campaigned for an all-women’s college at Oxford un…

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