A woman's place

This year marks 90 years since women in the UK won the vote and 80 years since they gained electoral parity (a voting age of 21) with men. Comment is free, in association with Women in Journalism, looks at how far women have moved into all aspects of the public sphere, all over the world, in the decades since women’s suffrage.

  • We owe them the vote

    June Purvis

    June Purvis: A woman's place: The suffragettes struggled at great personal cost for equality - without them, the 1918 franchise act wouldn't have been passed

  • A race against time

    Diane Abbott

    Diane Abbott: A woman's place: Black women have always struggled to get heard in political life. No wonder an entire generation has opted out

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