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Cover of WSPU's The Suffragette, 25 April 1913
Gender Inequality Index[1]
Value
0.098 (2021)
Rank
27th out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index[2]
Value
0.775 (2021)
Rank
23rd
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History of women in the United Kingdom covers the social, cultural and political roles of women in Britain over the last two millennia.
^"Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^"The Global Gender Gap Report 2021" (PDF). World Economic Forum. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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