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The Representation of the People Act granted women over 30 the right to vote, as long as they were married to or a member of Local Government Register. It also extended menâs suffrage to the right for all men to vote over the age of 21, and abolished most property qualifications for men. Women were granted suffrage equal to men in 1928 under the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise Act) 1928. The age for women to vote was lowered to 21, and property qualifications reduced to the same as men, at this point barely notable.
19th Amendment: Women won the right to vote in 1920. Was thought that if woman were able to vote, that they would vote for the war, so they were given the right to vote. The a â¦ mendment resulted from activities from the women's suffrage movement; which the women's suffrage came from WW1.he 15th amendment gave voting rights to all male citizens, the 19th amendment gave all women â¦ the right to vote, and the 26th amendment changed the voting age from 21 to 18.