1839 Women
gain rights of custody over their children under the age of seven.
1842-47 Mines
and factory Acts protect women workers for the first time.
1850 North
London Collegiate School set up by Miss Buss and Miss Beale.
1857 Divorce
and Matrimonial Causes Act allows women to sue their husbands for divorce
for the first time.
1860 Florence
Nightingale opens the first training school for nurses.
1867 Elizabeth
Garrett Anderson becomes the first women doctor.
1869 Single women, if they are ratepayers, can vote in town council
elections.
1870 Married
Womens' Property Act allows women to keep their property when they get
married.
1873 Women
admitted to Girton College at Cambridge University.
1876 Women
can legally become doctors. Sandon's Act made education became compulsory
for all children to age 10, but fees still had to be paid.
1878 London
University allows women to take university degrees.
1878-82 Women
can claim maintenance from their husbands if they are deserted or separated.
1880 Mundella's
Act made education for all children free until the age of ten.
1889 Women
are allowed to vote in County Council elections.
1894 Women
are allowed to vote in Parish Council and District Council elections
and become councillors.