-
active suffrage, as
distinct from p****ive
suffrage,
which is the
right to
stand for election. The
combination of
active and p****ive
suffrage is sometimes...
- Women's
suffrage is the
right of
women to vote in elections. At the
beginning of the 18th century, some
people sought to
change voting laws to
allow women...
- Women's
suffrage, or the
right to vote, was
established in the
United States over the
course of more than half a century,
first in
various states and localities...
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Universal suffrage or
universal franchise ensures the
right to vote for as many
people who are
bound by a government's laws as possible, as
supported by...
- 1872 the
fight for women's
suffrage became a
national movement with the
formation of the
National Society for Women's
Suffrage and
later the more influential...
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Universal manhood suffrage is a form of
voting rights in
which all
adult male
citizens within a
political system are
allowed to vote,
regardless of income...
- Women's
suffrage – the
right of
women to vote – has been
achieved at
various times in
countries throughout the world. In many nations, women's
suffrage was...
-
Swiss canton of
Appenzell Innerrhoden. An
earlier referendum on women's
suffrage was held on 1
February 1959 and was
rejected by the
majority (67%) of Switzerland's...
- for
voting rights), in
order to
belittle the
women advocating women's
suffrage. The
militants embraced the new name, even
adopting it for use as the title...
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Youth suffrage is the
right of
youth to vote and
forms part of the
broader universal suffrage and
youth rights movements. Most
democracies have lowered...