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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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I will, of course, join celebrations that this year marks the centenary of *some* women getting the vote. I'll celebrate properly in ten years when the real centenary is reached.
It is the centenary of all men achieving the vote. Men, what are you doing to mark the great day/year? Do you take your vote for granted?
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over a year ago
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It is most people don't know that all men finally got the right to vote in 1918 (over 21) .
The same year all women over 31 also recieved the vote.
Woman over 21 only were allowed to vote in 1928 |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It is most people don't know that all men finally got the right to vote in 1918 (over 21) .
The same year all women over 31 also recieved the vote.
Woman over 21 only were allowed to vote in 1928"
What age were men allowed to vote at pre 1928? |
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"It is most people don't know that all men finally got the right to vote in 1918 (over 21) .
The same year all women over 31 also recieved the vote.
Woman over 21 only were allowed to vote in 1928
What age were men allowed to vote at pre 1928?"
Basically men could only vote if they were householders. So adult children living with parents and lodgers couldn't vote.
It's estimated that prior to 1918 only about two thirds of men had a vote. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It is most people don't know that all men finally got the right to vote in 1918 (over 21) .
The same year all women over 31 also recieved the vote.
Woman over 21 only were allowed to vote in 1928
What age were men allowed to vote at pre 1928?
Basically men could only vote if they were householders. So adult children living with parents and lodgers couldn't vote.
It's estimated that prior to 1918 only about two thirds of men had a vote. "
 you beat me to it and I couldn't have put it better |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It is most people don't know that all men finally got the right to vote in 1918 (over 21) .
The same year all women over 31 also recieved the vote.
Woman over 21 only were allowed to vote in 1928
What age were men allowed to vote at pre 1928?
Basically men could only vote if they were householders. So adult children living with parents and lodgers couldn't vote.
It's estimated that prior to 1918 only about two thirds of men had a vote. "
I wonder what the reasoning for that was. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Most families were tenants rather than home owners so the males were disenfranchised from the electoral system "
So, it was just the better off who could vote? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Most families were tenants rather than home owners so the males were disenfranchised from the electoral system
So, it was just the better off who could vote? "
if you owned property or land yes |
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By *ieman300Man
over a year ago
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"It is most people don't know that all men finally got the right to vote in 1918 (over 21) .
The same year all women over 31 also recieved the vote.
Woman over 21 only were allowed to vote in 1928
What age were men allowed to vote at pre 1928?
Basically men could only vote if they were householders. So adult children living with parents and lodgers couldn't vote.
It's estimated that prior to 1918 only about two thirds of men had a vote.
I wonder what the reasoning for that was."
The 'establishment' using any means neccessary to stop the riff raff voting. |
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"It is most people don't know that all men finally got the right to vote in 1918 (over 21) .
The same year all women over 31 also recieved the vote.
Woman over 21 only were allowed to vote in 1928
What age were men allowed to vote at pre 1928?
Basically men could only vote if they were householders. So adult children living with parents and lodgers couldn't vote.
It's estimated that prior to 1918 only about two thirds of men had a vote.
I wonder what the reasoning for that was."
Only the 'right' sort of person got to vote, in the minds of the ruling classes.
Rights have been hard won by the poorer classes and some still see them as undeserved  |
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"Most families were tenants rather than home owners so the males were disenfranchised from the electoral system
So, it was just the better off who could vote? "
Blimey is this really a surprise? We've only had one adult one vote since 1948. Even after 1928 when all adults could vote, business owners and university graduates got extra votes. |
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"It is most people don't know that all men finally got the right to vote in 1918 (over 21) .
The same year all women over 31 also recieved the vote.
Woman over 21 only were allowed to vote in 1928
What age were men allowed to vote at pre 1928?
Basically men could only vote if they were householders. So adult children living with parents and lodgers couldn't vote.
It's estimated that prior to 1918 only about two thirds of men had a vote.
I wonder what the reasoning for that was.
Only the 'right' sort of person got to vote, in the minds of the ruling classes.
Rights have been hard won by the poorer classes and some still see them as undeserved "
Basically, the general argument against democracy was that most people were too uneducated to vote. As you say, it took campaigns by chartists, suffragettes and so on to change things. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"It is most people don't know that all men finally got the right to vote in 1918 (over 21) .
The same year all women over 31 also recieved the vote.
Woman over 21 only were allowed to vote in 1928"
Not all women, only those with property.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"I didn't know this!  "
I discovered that lots of people don't know any of this at work last week. Only 2 of us in a group of 40 people discussing how to mark the centenary!
I turned to some of the men and asked them how they would mark their enfranchisement and they didn't even know they had been disenfranchised. They'd heard of the Chartists but didn't know what it was about.
I feel I need to drag everyone to the People's History Museum.
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