During the early stages of the Victorian Era, women had very little to do with politics as they were not allowed to own property or have money of their own and therefore, could not vote. Support came from their families or their husbands. The fight for women’s suffrage, and better wages and working conditions did not start up until the late 1860s. The main argument for women’s right to vote had to do with equality and equal representation. Many advocates for women’s suffrage had to deal with serious setbacks. Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, a British suffragist, poet and essayist wrote ‘’Unless a great effort be made now, I do not believe you or I, or persons twenty years our junior, will live to see women’s suffrage established in England.’’
