Only a year after the first election in which women were able to vote and stand as members of parliament (MPs) the 1919 Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act became law. Among its other provisions, this legislation allowed women to become Justice of the Peace (JPs) for the first time. In December 1919 the Lord Chancellor convened a committee of advisors (the Crewe Committee), drawn from different parts of the United Kingdom and the various political parties, and in 1920 the appointment of the first large group of women to become JPs was announced. Among the early women JPs were several individuals who also feature in the list of the country’s first women MPs, and some others who stood unsuccessfully for parliament. This article concentrates on the careers in public and political service of a few of these women, with particular focus on their engagement with criminal justice reform and connections to the women’s movement. It considers examples both of women who were successful in becoming MPs and those who were not. Among the issues considered will be the extent of these individuals’ interest in the political and judicial aspects of their work and an assessment of their extra-parliamentary careers. The paper concludes that women could and did lead important and satisfying political lives outside as well as inside the House of Commons.

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议员和/或太平绅士：对妇女权利早期阶段某些妇女的公共工作的审查（c.1920–1931）

在第一次选举中，妇女能够投票并成为国会议员，仅在一年之后，1919年的《性别不合格（撤职）法》就成为法律。除其他规定外，这项法律还允许妇女首次成为和平法官。1919年12月，大臣官召集了一个顾问委员会（克鲁委员会），该委员会来自英国不同地区和各个政党，并于1920年宣布任命第一批成为太平绅士的妇女。在早期的女性太平绅士中，有几位也出现在该国首批女议员中，还有一些人未能成功代表议会。本文重点介绍了其中一些女性在公共和政治服务领域的职业，特别着重于她们参与刑事司法改革以及与妇女运动的联系。它考虑了成功成为国会议员的女性和未成功成为国会议员的女性的例子。这些问题将包括这些人对其工作的政治和司法方面的兴趣程度以及对他们在议会外的职业的评估。该论文得出的结论是，妇女可以而且确实在下议院以及下议院内部过着重要而令人满意的政治生活。这些问题将包括这些人对工作的政治和司法方面的兴趣程度以及对议会外职业的评估。该论文得出的结论是，妇女可以而且确实在下议院以及下议院内部过着重要而令人满意的政治生活。这些问题将包括这些人对工作的政治和司法方面的兴趣程度以及对议会外职业的评估。该论文得出的结论是，妇女可以而且确实在下议院以及下议院内部过着重要而令人满意的政治生活。