Women's Suffrage Journal facts for kids

The Women's Suffrage Journal was a special magazine started in 1870. It was created by two important women, Lydia Becker and Jessie Boucherett. This magazine helped share news about women's lives and their fight for the right to vote.

What Was the Women's Suffrage Journal?

The magazine's first name was the Manchester National Society for Women's Suffrage Journal. But after just one year, its name was changed to the Women's Suffrage Journal. Lydia Becker wanted the magazine to reach more people, not just those in Manchester.

What Did the Journal Publish?

The Women's Suffrage Journal shared many different kinds of news. It covered events that affected women's lives everywhere. A big focus was on showing how many people supported women getting the right to vote. This was called women's suffrage.

The magazine also gave helpful advice. It often explained how people could write a petition to send to the House of Commons. A petition is a formal request signed by many people, asking the government to do something.

Why Did the Journal Stop?

The Women's Suffrage Journal was published for 20 years. It stopped in 1890 after Lydia Becker passed away. The very last magazine edition had a special note. It said that the magazine had been shaped by Becker's ideas for a long time. Because she was gone, it felt right to end the magazine where she left it.

For twenty years and four months this Journal has received the impress of one hand and one mind, so that its long row of volumes forms one continuous work, and now when that careful hand is laid low and the energies of that far-seeing mind are carried beyond our mortal ken, it would seem the most fitting course to close these pages where Miss Becker left them.

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In Spanish: Women's Suffrage Journal para niños