{"id":175,"date":"2008-07-02T11:46:26","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T12:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?p=175"},"modified":"2018-01-16T16:01:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:01:15","slug":"today-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"Today in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_14667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14667\" style=\"width: 207px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14667\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?attachment_id=14667\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pollingcards.jpg?fit=207%2C206\" data-orig-size=\"207,206\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pollingcards\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9 F H Powell 2010&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pollingcards.jpg?fit=207%2C206\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pollingcards.jpg?resize=207%2C206\" alt=\"miniature polling cards\" width=\"207\" height=\"206\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pollingcards.jpg?w=207 207w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pollingcards.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 F H Powell 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nOn July 2nd 1928 women in the UK were finally given the vote, when a law came into effect allowing all women over the age of 21 to vote in parliamentary and local government elections.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk\/3153388.stm\">Suffragettes<\/a> had campaigned for this right since 1903.<br \/>\nSo if you have furnished your dolls house in the era between 1903 and 1928 then you may like to place a suffragette memento in your dolls house, for example a lilac and green ribbon or sash left carelessly on a dressing table stool or 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