Sorry to be pedantic (blame the teacher in me) but it wasn't all women over the age of 30. You had to be over thirty and on the local government register (ie be a rate-payer) or be married to a man who was. In this way the government thought they were delivering the vote to safe pairs of hands - married women who owned property or who were married to men who did, and who probably had children too and so would be likely to vote cautiously - not recklessly like younger, formr munitions workers. End of history lesson! Rosemary Rees Researching WOOLF, MORDECAI and JEWELL On 18 Mar 2008, at 18:51, Jill Whitehead wrote: > In Britain the 1918 act gave the vote to men over the age of 21 and > women > over the age of 30, and the 1928 act extended the vote to women > over the age > of 21. Before 1918 only men who owned property above a certain > value could > vote. > > Jill Whitehead > > ------------------------------ >> > > > Our website is at > www.british-jewry.org.uk > We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. > > British-Jewry-admin@rootsweb.com is the address to use for help. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message Rosemary A Rees 3 College Fold Rathmell Settle North Yorkshire BD24 0LQ