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  2. Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    By 1900, more than one million women were registered to vote in local government elections in England. Women were also included in the suffrage on the same terms as men (i.e., all parishioners over 21) in the unique set of border polls carried out from 1915 to 1916 under the Welsh Church Act 1914 . [10]

  3. List of discount shops in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Factory Shops Essex Ltd. 5. Family run Essex -based discount shop [1] Goodwins. c. 2010s. Yorkshire Trading Company. 4. North East and Yorkshire based multi price discount retailer that originally started life as a pound shop.

  4. History of women in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    In medieval times, women had responsibility for brewing and selling the ale that men all drank. By 1600, men had taken over that role. The reasons include commercial growth, gild formation, changing technologies, new regulations, and widespread prejudices that associated female brewsters with drunkenness and disorder.

  5. United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    A world leader in green energy and technology, the UK is the best site in Europe for wind energy and one of the best in the world. [341] Wind power production is the country's fastest-growing supply; in 2022, 26.8% of the UK's total electricity was generated by wind power. [342]

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  7. 55 quotes that celebrate women's strength and contributions - AOL

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    Strong Women Quotes. “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman.”. — Melinda French Gates. “Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.”. — Margaret Thatcher ...

  8. Feminism in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The birth control pill was introduced in the UK on the National Health Service in 1961 for married women only, and made available for all women with the NHS from 1967. [91] The Peerage Act 1963 granted suo jure hereditary women peers (other than those in the Peerage of Ireland) the right to sit in the House of Lords.

  9. Glasgow Women's Library - Wikipedia

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    The library is the UK's only accredited museum concerned with women's history, and was awarded Recognised Collection of National Significance to Scotland status in 2015. [10] [11] The collection includes Suffragette memorabilia, knitting and dress making patterns from the 1930s, Girls' annuals c.1950s to 1980s and Scottish Women's Liberation ...