As a direct result of women’s lobbying at the 1919 Peace Conference, Article 7 of the Covenant of the League of Nations stated that its Secretariat – an international civil service – would be open to both women and men.
After centuries of all-male law courts, the introduction of women JPs was not simply a legal landmark but a revolution. Today just over half of all JPs are women.
The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 made sex and marriage no longer an automatic bar to the professions and, in particular, enabled women to enter the legal and other professions.
The British Nationality Act 1948 conferred on women the same right as men to retain or change their nationality on marriage.
A Pageant of Great Women, by Cicely Hamilton, presented arguments for women’s enfranchisement.
Helen Taylor was the first woman to run an election campaign for Parliament.
The Representation of the People Act 1918 gave women over 30 the parliamentary vote.
Brenda Hale is the first woman President of the UK Supreme Court.
Radmacher v Granatino recognised a pre-nuptial agreement between the parties, while noting women’s potential unequal bargaining position.
Women and the Law was the first textbook on women and law.