Democracy in Britain - equal voting
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The document summarizes four key laws passed between 1867 and 1928 that helped introduce equal voting rights in Britain: The 1867 Reform Act gave the vote to working-class men for the first time, allowing one-third of men to vote. However, two-thirds of men and all women were still excluded. The 1884 Reform Act further increased voting rights for working-class men, giving all men in towns and cities the vote regardless of property ownership. Still, one-third of men and all women lacked the right to vote. The 1918 Act gave all men over age 21 the right to vote, and some property-owning women over 30, but most women remained disenfranchised.
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