100 year anniversary for women's right to vote: BBC News Review

Today marks 100 years since The Representation of the People Act was passed, giving women the right to vote.

The change in law affected women the age of 30 who met certain property qualifications, but full electoral equality didn’t follow for another decade.

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Vocabulary:

pardoned
officially forgiven for committing a crime

caricature
exaggerated depiction of someone

sanitised
made less offensive or unpleasant

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