Uruguay: Divorce was legalized. United Kingdom The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies organized its first national demonstration, which became known as the "Mud March" because of the terrible weather at the time. United Kingdom: Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence and her husband Frederick launched the suffragette newspaper Votes for Women. United Kingdom: The Women's Freedom League was formed when Charlotte Despard and others broke away from the Women's Social and Political Union. United Kingdom: The Qualification of Women Act 1907 allowed women to be elected as mayors and to borough and city councils. 1908 Belgium: Women were allowed to act as legal witnesses in court. Denmark: Unmarried women were made legal guardians of their children. Peru: Universities opened to women. Prussia, Alsace-Lorraine and Hesse, Germany: Universities opened to women. Denmark: Denmark granted women over 25 the right to vote in local elections. Australia: Victoria granted women the right to vote in state elections. United Kingdom: On January 17, suffragettes chained themselves to the railings of 10 Downing Street. Emmeline Pankhurst was imprisoned for the first time. The Women's Social and Political Union also introduced their stone-throwing campaign. 1909 Sweden: Women were granted eligibility to municipal councils. Sweden: The phrase "Swedish man" was removed from the application forms to public offices and women were thereby approved as applicants to most public professions. Mecklenburg, Germany: Universities opened to women. United Kingdom: In July, Marion Wallace Dunlop became the first imprisoned suffragette to go on a hunger strike. As a result, force-feeding was introduced. 1910 Argentina: Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane founded the Feminist Center (Spanish: Centro Feminista) in Buenos Aires, joined by a group of prestigious women. Denmark: The Socialist International, meeting in Copenhagen, established a Women's Day, international in character, to honor the movement for women's rights and to assist in achieving universal suffrage for women. US, Washington: Washington granted women the right to vote. Ecuador: Divorce was legalized. United Kingdom: November 18 was "Black Friday", when the suffragettes and police clashed violently outside Parliament after the failure of the first Conciliation Bill. Ellen Pitfield, one of the suffragettes, later died from her injuries. 1911 United Kingdom: Dame Ethel Smyth composed "The March of the Women", the suffragette song. Portugal: Legal majority was granted to married women (rescinded in 1933.) Portugal: Divorce was legalized. US, California: California granted women the right to vote. Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland: International Women's Day was marked for