1. Womenâs Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years
Rosemary Auchmuty (University of Reading, UK), Erika Rackley (University of Kent, UK), Mari Takayanagi (Parliamentary Archives, UK)
The Landmarks
2. Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918
Mari Takayanagi (Parliamentary Archives, UK)
3. Constance Georgine Markiewicz, First Woman Elected to Parliament, 1918
Aoife OâDonoghe (Queenâs University Belfast, UK)
4. Nancy Astor, First Woman to Take Her Seat in the UK Parliament, 1919
Jacqui Turner (University of Reading, UK)
5. Report of the War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry, 1919
Anne Morris (University of Liverpool, UK)
6. Industrial Courts Act 1919
Erika Rackley (University of Kent, UK)
7. First Women Jurors, 1920
Kay Crosby (Newcastle University, UK)
8. Formation of the Six Point Group, 1921
Sharon Thompson (Cardiff University, UK)
9. Ivy Williams, First Woman to Qualify as a Barrister, 1922
Caroline Morris (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
10. Lady Rhonddaâs Petition for Women to Sit in House of Lords, 1922
Mari Takayanagi (Parliamentary Archives, UK)
11. Monica Geikie Cobb, First Woman Barrister to Appear in Court, 1922
Caroline Derry (The Open University, UK)
12. Criminal Law Amendment Act 1922
Caroline Derry (The Open University, UK)
13. Intoxicating Liquor (Sale to Persons under Eighteen) Act 1923
Mari Takayanagi (Parliamentary Archives, UK)
14. Womenâs Lavatory Accommodation at the Law Society, 1923
Eduardo Reyes (Law Society Gazette, UK)
15. Agnes Twiston Hughes, First Welsh Woman to Practise as a Solicitor, 1923
Carol Howells (The Open University, UK)
16. First Published Law Textbooks on âWomen and Lawâ Written by Women Lawyers in Great Britain, 1924?34
Anne Logan (University of Kent, UK)
17. Guardianship of Infants Act 1925
Brenda Hale (University College London, UK)
18. Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pension Act 1925
Teresa Sutton (University of Sussex, UK)
19. Administration of Estates Act 1925
Rosemary Auchmuty (University of Reading, UK)
20. Short v Poole Corporation (1926)
Harriet Samuels (University of Westminster, UK)
21. Adoption of Children Act 1926
Frances Burton (Buckingham University, UK) and Rosemary Auchmuty (University of Reading, UK)
22. Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928
Mari Takayanagi (Parliamentary Archives, UK)
23. Age of Marriage Act 1929
Laura Lammasniemi (University of Warwick, UK) and Kanika Sharma (SOAS, University of London, UK)
24. A Room of Oneâs Own, Virginia Woolf, 1929
Madeleine Davies (University of Reading, UK)
25. Margaret Bondfield, First Woman Cabinet Minister, 1929
Jacqui Turner (University of Reading, UK)
26. Ministry of Health Memorandum 153/MCW, 1930
Joanne Beswick (Staffordshire University, UK)
27. Stella Thomas, First Black Woman to be Called to the Bar of England and Wales, 1933
Judith Bourne (Roehampton University, UK)
28. Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act 1935
Joanne Conaghan (University of Bristol, UK)
29. Matrimonial Causes Act 1937
Penelope Russell (University of Sheffield, UK)
30. R v Bourne (1938)
Lesley Hall (University College London, UK)
31. Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1938
Richard Hedlund (University of Lincoln, UK)
32. Formation of the Married Women's Association, 1938
Sharon Thompson (Cardiff University, UK)
33. Infanticide Act 1938
Kelly-Ann Couzens (University of Warwick, UK)
34. Bradford Third Equitable Benefit Building Society v Borders (1939)
Rosemary Auchmuty (University of Reading, UK)