Following the Speaker's conference on electoral reform of 1916–17, the Representation of the People Act 1918 gave women over the age of 30 years who met minimum property qualifications the parliamentary vote for the first time. After a decade of continued suffrage campaigning and pressure in parliament, the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 gave women the vote on the same terms as men, at age 21 years, with no age or any other restrictions. Although important in itself, votes for women also carried along a wider agenda of legislation relating to gender equality and issues affecting women and children during the interwar period. This essay gives an overview of how the Speaker's conference and the 1918 act affected women, considers the immediately‐related legislation in 1918–19 which allowed women to become MPs and removed other sex disqualifications, and traces progress in parliament towards equal franchise over the next decade, including a pledge by Stanley Baldwin in 1924 and an undertaking by William Joynson‐Hicks in 1925. It explains the changes in personnel and attitudes over time which finally enabled a Conservative government to grant equal franchise in 1928.

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妇女与投票：议会平等特许经营之路，1918-28

继 1916-17 年议长关于选举改革的会议之后，1918 年《人民代表法》首次给予 30 岁以上符合最低财产资格的妇女议会投票。经过十年持续的选举竞选和议会压力，1928 年《人民代表权（平等特许权）法》赋予女性与男性相同的投票权，年龄为 21 岁，没有年龄或任何其他限制。尽管投票本身很重要，但在两次世界大战期间，女性投票也推动了与性别平等和影响妇女和儿童的问题有关的更广泛的立法议程。本文概述了议长会议和 1918 年法案如何影响女性，