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Suffragettes in Shropshire: 1872 Bill to Remove the Electoral Disabilities of Women

1872 Bill to give women the vote [Shropshire Archive reference: DA2/134/10/4]

A BILL TO Remove the Electoral Disabilities of Women A.D.1872

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows;
1. That in all Acts relating to the qualification and registration of voters or persons entitled or claiming to be registered and to vote in the election of Members of Parliament, wherever words occurs which import the masculine gender, the same shall be held to include females for all purposes connected with and having reference to the right to be registered as voters, and to vote in such election, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

[Shropshire Archives: DA2/134/10/4]