Why Did a Campaign for Women's Suffrage Develop in the Years After 1870?

... Why Did a Campaign for Women's Suffrage Develop in the Years After 1870? In the years after 1870, various organisations campaigning for women's right to vote were formed. There was also huge public support for women's suffrage. In 1897 Millicent Garret Fawcett formed the NUWSS (National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies) otherwise known as the Suffragists, and in 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters, Christabel and Sylvia formed the WSPU (Women's Social and Political Union) who were nicknamed the Suffragettes, who used more militant tactics to obtain the vote than the Suffragists. In 1918 after many years of protesting, the Representation of the People Act was passed and most women over 30 were given the vote. In 1838, Attwood and Feargus O'Connor formed the chartist movement. The Chartists were the first organisation to campaign for an extension of the right to vote. They wanted the right to vote for all men.

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