Admission at Last

A person shall not be disqualified by sex or marriage from the exercise of any public function, or from being appointed to or holding any civil or judicial office or post, or from entering or assuming or carrying on any civil profession or vocation, or for admission to any incorporated society (whether incorporated by Royal Charter or otherwise).39 

Though the Law did not receive Royal Assent until 23 December 1919, it would seem more than a coincidence that the sudden 

Among the 21 women to be admitted at that auspicious first election80 (Table 2.3) were four of the original petitioners Smedley, Taylor, Whiteley, and Widdows. At subsequent meetings of the Society, three other petitioners — Burke, Humphrey, and Thomas — were elected. 

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