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Swedish suffragist Signe Bergman, around 1910 Women's suffrage demonstration in Gothenburg, June 1918. During the Age of Liberty (1718–1772), Sweden had conditional women's suffrage. [41] Until the reform of 1865, the local elections consisted of mayoral elections in the cities, and elections of parish vicars in the countryside parishes.
Thereby, there was a majority in the Swedish parliament in favor of women's suffrage, and the LKPR reminded the parties to the left of their old promise to introduce women's suffrage as soon as full suffrage had been granted to men. In February 1918, the Government hold to its promise by presenting a bill on women's suffrage.
United States – Utah Territory passed a law granting women's suffrage. Utah women citizens voted in municipal elections that spring and a general election on August 1, beating Wyoming women to the polls. [28] The women's suffrage law was later repealed as part of the Edmunds–Tucker Act in 1887.
The second half of the 19th century saw the creation of several women's rights organisations and a considerable activity within both active organisations as well as intellectual debate. The organized women's movement begun in 1873, when the Married Woman's Property Rights Association was co-founded by Anna Hierta-Retzius and Ellen Anckarsvärd.
Pages in category "Women's suffrage in Sweden" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
Carolina Benedicks-Bruce (1856–1935) – sculptor, women's rights activist and suffragist; Signe Bergman (1869–1960) – co-founder and Chairperson of the National Association for Women's Suffrage; Nina Benner-Anderson (1865–1947) – nurse, pacifist and suffragist; Ella Billing (1869–1921) – women's rights activist and suffragist
The first independent country to introduce women's suffrage was arguably Sweden. In Sweden, conditional women's suffrage was in effect during the Age of Liberty (1718–1772). [1] In 1756, Lydia Taft became the first legal woman voter in colonial America. This occurred under British rule in the Massachusetts Colony. [22]
It is traditionally the foremost organisation of the bourgeois-liberal women's movement in Sweden. It has always been open to both women and men. It is a member of the International Alliance of Women, and is a sister association of the Danish Women's Society, the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and the Icelandic Women's Rights Association.