Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Parliament_(Qualification_of_Women)_Act_1918
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:citation 8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 47
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 21 November 1918
gptkbp:firstWomanElected gptkb:Constance_Markievicz
gptkbp:firstWomanToTakeSeat gptkb:Nancy_Astor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918
gptkbp:longTitle An Act to remove the disqualification of women for election as Members of Parliament.
gptkbp:purpose removed legal barriers to women standing for Parliament
allowed women to be elected to the House of Commons
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 21 November 1918
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918
gptkbp:repealedBy 1958
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Parliament_(Qualification_of_Women)_Act_1918
gptkbp:status repealed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1918_in_British_law
gptkb:United_Kingdom_Acts_of_Parliament_1918
gptkb:women's_suffrage_movement_in_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:women's_suffrage_in_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8