WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.

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The Conciliation Bill Explained. A leaflet supporting the Conciliation Bill, scarce, bearing the rubber stamp of the Women's Freedom League on the verso. The 1910 Conciliation Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons in July of that year. In accessible language, the leaflet simplifies the contents of the bill and advises the recipient on how to support its passage into law. The Conciliation Bill of 1910 planned to extend the vote to just over a million property-owning women, but stopped short of extending the vote to all adult women to broaden its appeal. Despite its passage through Commons, the 1910 election ended its progression, resulting in the violent clash outside Parliament known as Black Friday. Further bills to the same effect in 1911 and 1912 also failed.We have traced just three copies institutionally, at the British Library, Trinity College Dublin, and the Atria Institute, Amsterdam. Provenance: from the collection of the suffrage historian Elizabeth Crawford.

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