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Since 2016, thousands of women have made the pilgrimage to suffragette Susan B. Anthony's grave in Rochester, NY to adorn it with 'I voted' stickers.
The war served as a catalyst for suffrage extension in several countries, with women gaining the vote after years of campaigning partly in recognition of their support for the war effort, which further increased the pressure for suffrage in the U.S. [260] About half of the women in Britain had become enfranchised by January 1918, as had women ...
First introduced 101 years ago, in the wake of suffragettes winning themselves and their peers the right to vote, the amendment was meant to eliminate laws that discriminate on the basis of sex.
In 1969, 3708 signatures demanding women's suffrage and eligibility was presented to the Andorra Council Parliament. In April 1970, women's suffrage was introduced after a vote with 10 votes for and eight against, while however eligibility was voted down. [181] Women's eligibility was introduced on 5 September 1973. [181]
1870: The Utah Territory grants suffrage to women. [7]1870: The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted. The amendment holds that neither the United States nor any State can deny the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude," leaving open the right of States to deny the right to vote on account of sex.
Women won the vote in California in a narrow election victory in October 1911. Here's who fought for and against women's suffrage.
Frances Gordon (born c. 1874) – prominent in the militant wing of the Scottish women's suffrage movement; imprisoned and force-fed; Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1926) – member of the executive committee of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies and co-secretary of the Manchester and Salford Women's Trade Union Council
Women in Washington lose the right to vote. [26] Women in Utah lose the right to vote under the Edmunds–Tucker Act. [27] Kansas women earn the right to vote in municipal elections. [22] Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, and South Dakota grant partial suffrage to women. [13]