The Local Government Act of 1894, also known as the Parish Councils Act, completed the reform of local government in England and Wales in the 1800's. This Act gave all women, despite their marital status, the right to vote and serve on parish ruraral district and urban district councils. This is important because before the act was passed, only single and widowed women were given these rights. The Act, "created secular parish councils and rural and urban district councils for which women ratepayers and married women owning property separately from their husbands could vote"(Brown).

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