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... elections . By 1908 women in the other four states had gained complete electoral equality . This was a distinct step forward : Wyoming , or even New Zealand , might be laughed off but Australia had to be taken seriously . The Northern ...
... elections . By 1908 women in the other four states had gained complete electoral equality . This was a distinct step forward : Wyoming , or even New Zealand , might be laughed off but Australia had to be taken seriously . The Northern ...
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... election Asquith softened enough to say that if the Liberals won the election they would produce a bill to widen the franchise . The more optimistic supporters of votes for women saw this as a virtual promise that they would get their ...
... election Asquith softened enough to say that if the Liberals won the election they would produce a bill to widen the franchise . The more optimistic supporters of votes for women saw this as a virtual promise that they would get their ...
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... election as a women's suffrage candidate . In 1910 he had been elected by the efforts of the local Labour Party organisation , helped by the Liberals putting forward no candidate ; at the by- election in 1912 some of his Labour ...
... election as a women's suffrage candidate . In 1910 he had been elected by the efforts of the local Labour Party organisation , helped by the Liberals putting forward no candidate ; at the by- election in 1912 some of his Labour ...
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