eli5 How did women end up getting the vote in England what exactly led up to it?

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eli5 How did women end up getting the vote in England what exactly led up to it?

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The women’s suffrage movement, plus World War I. Support grew in the 19th century, because what’s the counter-argument, other than ‘that’s not the way we do things’? Then, when society’s arrangements are all up for grabs, more people are willing to say, ‘yeah, changing that makes sense.’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_Kingdom