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Clara Campoamor (1888–1972) – Spanish politician and feminist best known for her advocacy for women's rights and suffrage during the writing of the Spanish constitution of 1931 María Espinosa de los Monteros (1875–1946) – Spanish women's rights activist, suffragist and business executive
María Guadalupe Evangelina de López (1881-1977) [1] was an American activist in the Women's suffrage movement in California. In the 1910s, she campaigned and translated at rallies in Southern California, where suffragists distributed tens of thousands of pamphlets in Spanish. [2]
Women's suffrage in the Spanish Second Republic period was the result of efforts dating back to the mid-1800s. Women and men working towards universal suffrage had to combat earlier feminist goals that prioritized social goals, including access to education, political rights such as a woman's right to vote and equal wages.
Aurora Lucero-White Lea (February 8, 1894 – 1965) was an American folklorist, writer, and suffragist.She was a proud Nuevomexicana, advocating for bilingual education in English and Spanish and working to preserve the heritage of the Hispanic Southwest.
After Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States in 1898 as a result of the Spanish–American War, women once again played an integral role in Puerto Rican society by contributing to the establishment of the University of Puerto Rico, women's suffrage, women's rights, civil rights, and to the military of the United States.
One of the major organizers of the suffrage campaign in southern California was Maria de Lopez. Maria Guadalupe Evangelina Lopez, president of the College Equal Suffrage League, served as a Spanish translator for the movement. [25] She also was the first woman to give a speech in Spanish in support of women's suffrage.
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Hungarian Soviet Republic: universal suffrage to trade union members only. [54] Isle of Man: all adults could vote or be elected, widows and single women who owned property could vote from 1881. Jamaica (British Crown Colony) Limited suffrage granted to women of twenty-five years or more, who earned £50 or more per year, or paid taxes of £2.