223 suffragettes were arrested during a campaign of window smashing. Among the arrests were seven women with Welsh connections, including Edith Mansell Moullin, Mildred Mansell, the sister of Ivor Guest, MP, and Janet Boyd, sister of Sybil Thomas. In the period between 1918 and 1928, the WFL in Swansea produced two prominent activists in Emily Frost Phipps and her close friend Clara Neal, who were founder members of their branch. Phipps and Neal were teachers and activists, both serving as president of the National Union of Women Teachers and used that platform to press for equal franchise. Phipps also used her position as editor of the Woman Teacher'' to urge her colleagues to support public meetings and demonstrations. Timeline 1832: Great Reform Act – confirmed the exclusion of women from the electorate. 1866: Wales first women's Suffrage Petition is signed, among its signatories is Mary Rose Crawshay. 1884: The Aberdare, Merthyr and Dowlais District Mine Association pass a resolution to support a series of talks by Jeanette Wilkinson on women's suffrage. 1895: The Women's Liberal Federation merges with Cymru Fydd. 1907: The first branch of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in Wales opens in Llandudno. 1908: The Cardiff and District Women's Suffrage Society is established, the first in south Wales. 1911: At Llanystumdwy, during the opening of the new town hall, David Lloyd George is heckled by suffragettes who are turned upon by an angry crowd. It is seen as one of the most dramatic suffrage events in Wales. 1911: The Cymric Suffrage Union is formed in London. 1913, February: A house being built for David Lloyd George is blown up by members of the WSPU. 1913, July: Women from NWUSS branches across Wales take part in the Suffragist Pilgrimage, ending in London. 1914, August: World War declared in Britain. WSPU activity immediately ceased. NUWSS activity continued peacefully. 1916, December: David Lloyd George replaces Asquith as Prime Minister. 1918: The Representation of the People Act of 1918 enfranchised women over the age of 30 who were either a member or married to a member of the Local Government Register. About 8.4 million women gained the vote. 1918, November: the Eligibility of Women Act was passed, allowing women to be elected into Parliament. 1921: Margaret Mackworth, the 2nd Viscountess Rhondda, forms the Six Point Group. 1928: Women received the vote on the same terms as men (over the age