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WOMEN IN THE LORDS
Before 1958, there were no women members of the Lords
at all. However, the law allowing the creation of life peers
made no distinction between the sexes - and women were
therefore allowed to take a seat for the first time. Once
women life peers had been admitted, it seemed odd to
keep out the few women peers who were entitled to
hereditary titles (most peerages descend through the male
line), so the law was amended in 1963 to allow hereditary
women peers to take seats.