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The argument over women's rights in Victoria was lampooned in this Melbourne Punch cartoon of 1887. 1908 Denmark (limited to local elections) Victoria (Australian state): last Australian state to enact equal voting rights for women in state elections.
New Zealand was the first country to give women voting rights. Nicaragua: 1955 Niger: 1948 Nigeria: 1958 Norway: 1913 Oman: 2002 [102] While, technically, elections take place in Oman, this is only to elect a consultative assembly with no power, as Oman is an absolute monarchy. Municipial suffrage introduced in Muscat in 1994, municipial ...
This franchise, including voting rights for non-Indigenous women, was established by the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902. [46] Voting rights for Indigenous Australians varied depending on state legislation. The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962 granted Indigenous Australians the right to vote in federal elections. In 1965, the Queensland ...
In most North Africa countries, women participated in the first national elections or soon following. [1] Some dates relate to regional elections and, where possible, the second date of general election has been included. Even countries listed may not have universal suffrage for women, and some may have regressed in women's rights since the ...
Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom (12 C, 96 P) ... Pages in category "Women's suffrage by country" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Soon after the Civil War, women gained the right to vote in Wyoming — even before the territory became the 44th state. But over the past 130 years, the state has continued to, ever so slowly ...
Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behavior, whereas in others ...
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber knows all too well how the race for voting rights is an intergenerational marathon. 3 Black women oversee voting access for more than 37 million ...