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Bermuda Woman's Suffrage Society
Bermuda Woman's Suffrage Society (BWSS) was a women's organization in Bermuda, founded in 1923. The purpose of the BWSS was to campaign for the introduction of women's suffrage rights on Bermuda. The campaign lasted for 22 years before the reform was finally passed in 1944. Foundation The issue was first raised on Bermuda when Anna Maria Outerbridge convinced her father to raise it in the parliament in 1895 and again in 1896: the bill passed the House of Assembly but was voted down in the Upper House. The organized women's suffrage campaign on Bermuda started in 1918 with a public speech by Gladys Misick Morrell, who had returned to Bermuda after having participated in the women's suffrage campaign in Britain, which had finally succeeded in that year. Women's suffrage was introduced in Britain in 1918, but the reform was not introduced in the British colony of Bermuda since it had a separate Parliament. In March 1923, Morrell invited the British suffragette Mabel Ramsey to ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the American state of North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. Bermuda is an archipelago consisting of List of islands of Bermuda, 181 islands, although the most significant islands are connected by bridges and appear to form one landmass. It has a land area of . Bermuda has a tropical climate, with warm winters and hot summers. Its climate also exhibits Oceanic climate, oceanic features similar to other coastal areas in the Northern Hemisphere with warm, moist air from the ocean ensuring relatively high humidity and stabilising temperatures. Bermuda is prone to severe weather from Westerlies#Interaction with tropical cyclones, recurving tropical cyclones; however, it receives some protection from a coral reef and its position north of the Main Development Region, which limits the direction and severity of approach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |