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151 years of progress: A timeline of women's rights and gender equality in the UK

Huge advancements have been made in the battle for gender equality over the past 150 years and the good fight rages on. Let’s take a moment to celebrate the hard-won achievements of the UK’s feminist movement. 1866  1500 signatures are collected for a petition for women’s votes which is presented to the House of Commons by John Stuart Mill. 1867  The London Society for Women’s Suffrage is formed.