For women to gain the right to vote it was necessary to demonstrate that they had public opinion on their side, to build and consolidate a parliamentary majority in favour of women's suffrage and to persuade or pressure the government to introduce its own franchise reform.
For at kvinder kunne få ret til at stemme, var det nødvendigt at demonstrere, at de havde offentligheden på deres side, for at opbygge og konsolidere et parlamentarisk flertal til fordel for kvinders stemmeret, og overtale eller presse regeringen til at indføre reformer.