ounded; equal
facilities to girls and boys.... First lady B. A. in London
University, October.... Melbourne University matriculates women,
March 22.... The Burial bill gives women the right to conduct
funeral services.... The House of Keys in the Isle of Man passed
women's suffrage for women who are owners of property, November
5.

1881. Suffrage bill in the Isle of Man received royal assent
January 5; seven hundred women are electors; general election
began March 21.... Cambridge University admits women students to
formal examinations by a vote of 398 against 32, February 24....
Durham University votes that women may become members.

1881. Sydney University (New South Wales) admits women to
matriculation and degrees.... New Zealand University confers
title of M. A. on a woman, August.... Poor-law Guardian
Association for promoting the election of ladies established,
March; seven ladies elected in London.... Somerville Club for
women opened.... Women clerks admitted to the civil service by
open competition.... Municipal Franchise act for Scotland, passed
June 3; came into operation January 1, 1882.... Married Women's
Property act for Scotland, passed July 18.

1882. London University Convocation resolves to admit women as
graduates, January 17.... Twelve women elected in London as
poor-law guardians, April; fifteen in the country.... Married
Women's Property act passed by the Lords and brought down to the
Commons May 22; passed and returned to the Lords August 16;
received royal assent August 18.... Addition to Municipal
Franchise act (Scotland) by inclusion of police burghs.... Women
first voted in Scotland under the new act, November 8....
Appointment of women as registrars of births and deaths in four
parishes.

1883. Married Women's Property act comes into operation January
1.... Appointment of Miss E. Shove as physician to female staff
in post-office; first appointment by government of a woman....
Poor-law guardian elections, April; thirteen ladies in London,
two in Scotland for the first time; thirteen in other towns in
England.... Mr. Stansfeld's resolution against the Contagious
Diseases acts carried in the House of Commons by a majority of
72, April 26; the acts consequently are suspended....
May.--Memorial to the