Resources 

Education Pack - 1881-2021: 140 Years of Women's Right to Vote in the Isle of Man

This education pack ​was produced to mark the 140th anniversary of the first elections to the House of Keys in which some women could vote. 

Education Pack - Women's Suffrage in the Isle of Man

Debates

House of Keys Election Act 1881 - Women householders given the vote

• House of Keys, 5th November 1880: Consideration of clauses (iMuseum)
  
• House of Keys, 17th December 1880: Keys resolve that they accept the Council's amendments (iMuseum)
  

House of Keys Election Act 1892 - Women leaseholders given the vote

• House of Keys, 19th November 1891: Second Reading and Consideration of Clauses
  
• Legislative Council, 18th February 1892: Consideration of Clauses
  

House of Keys Election Act 1919 - Universal adult suffrage

• House of Keys, 30th April 1918: Second Reading and Consideration of Clauses
  
• House of Keys, 30th April 1918: Continuation of Second Reading and Consideration of Clauses
  
• House of Keys, 14th May 1918: Conclusion of Second Reading Consideration of Clauses
  
• Legislative Council, 8th October 1918: Second Reading
  
• Legislative Council, 8th April 1919: Conference with the Keys
  

Representation of the People (Franchise) Act 1971 - Voting age lowered from 21 to 18

• House of Keys, 3rd February 1970: Consideration of Clauses
  
• Legislative Council, 2nd June 1970: Consideration of Clauses
  

Registration of Electors Act 2006 - Voting age lowered from 18 to 16

• House of Keys, 7th February 2006: Consideration of Clauses
  
• Legislative Council, 7th March 2006: Second Reading and Consideration of Clauses
  

Reports

• Article on the 1881 elections from the Women's Suffrage Journal, edited by Lydia Becker, reproduced in theIsle of Man Examiner on 2nd April 1881 (iMuseum) 
  

Figures

Lydia Becker

• Wikipedia article
• Lectures by Lydia Becker and Alice Scatcherd, published 11th August 1880 in the Mona's Herald (iMuseum)
• Letter from Lydia Becker and Alice Scatcherd to the newly enfrachised women electors of the Isle of Man, published 19th March 1881 in the Manx Sun (iMuseum)
• Article on the 1881 elections from the Women's Suffrage Journal, edited by Lydia Becker, reproduced in theIsle of Man Examiner on 2nd April 1881​ (iMuseum) 

Clare Christian OBE

• Tynwald profile page

William Taubman Crennell

• Obituary published 1st June 1918 in the Isle of Man Examiner (iMuseum)
• Image: William Taubman Crennell (iMuseum)

Harriet Curphey

• Editorial on the House of Keys Election Bill, published 30th October 1880 in the Manx Sun (iMuseum)

Sophia Goulden

• Wikipedia article
• Manx History app biography
• Image: Mrs Craine, Sophia Goulden's mother and Emmeline Pankhurst's grandmother (iMuseum)
• Image: Bonnet once belonging to Emmeline Pankhurst (iMuseum)
• Image: Sylvia Pankhurst as a young girl (iMuseum)

Betty Hanson

• Tynwald profile page

John Allen Mylrea

• Wikipedia article
• Image: Mr John Allen Mylrea (iMuseum)

Richard Sherwood

• Entry in Manx Worthies (Manx Notebook)
• Image: Deemster Richard Sherwood (iMuseum)

Marion Shimmin

• Roll of Honour entry
• Manx History app biography
• Image: Mrs Shimmin being sworn in as a Member of the House of Keys (iMuseum)

Infographics and Images

• Composition of Tynwald as of July 2018
• Graph comparing the percentage of women parliamentarians in Tynwald with other parliaments (data valid as of July 2018)
• Women in Tynwald: timeline
• Women's Suffrage in the Isle of Man: timeline
• Votes for Women: 1881 - Detail from the Millennium Tapestry
• Women in national parliaments: Data compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, http://archive.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm
  

1918-2018: Celebrating Votes for Women in the United Kingdom

• 1918-2018: Celebrating Votes for Women: ​​https://celebratingvotesforwomen.campaign.gov.uk/
  
• 100 years, 100 women: https://100years100women.blog.gov.uk/​ 
  
• UK Vote 100: https://ukvote100.org/​ 
  
• Suffrage Flag Relay: https://twitter.com/suffrageflag​
  

​Further Reading

• Robert Fyson, The Struggle for Manx Democracy (Culture Vannin: 2016)
  
• David G. Kermode, Offshore Island Politics: The Constitutional and Political Development of the Isle of Man in the Twentieth Century (Liverpool University Press: 2001)
  

Acknowledgements

All newspaper extracts appear courtesy of the iMuseum: https://www.imuseum.im/newspapers/

The iMuseum Newspapers & Publications website can be used for free at the Henry Bloom Noble Library or Manx National Heritage Library and Archives.

Special thanks to Jude Dicken for her kind assistance.