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Condorcet expressed his support for women's right to vote in an article published in Journal de la Société de 1789, but his project failed. [202] On 17 January 1913, Marie Denizard was the first woman to stand as a candidate in a French presidential election but the state refused to acknowledge her. [203]
The American Women quarters program is a series of quarters featuring notable women in U.S. history, commemorating the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [1]
On 16 November 1978, Royal Decree-Law 33/1978 modified the age of majority for all women, with Article 320 then stating, "The age of majority begins for all Spaniards at eighteen years of age." This was reaffirmed in the 1978 Spanish Constitution in Articles 12 and 14. Article 14 gave men and women full legal equality under the law.
After what feels like an eternity of presidential campaigning, it’s election crunch time. We're less than eight weeks away from electing our country's next president, and there's a whole lot at stake come November 8 for all Americans, and specifically for women.
Bernarda Vásquez Méndez (1918 – 6 March 2013) [1] was a Costa Rican feminist who become the first woman to cast the vote in the country on 30 July 1950 after a struggle begun in 1923 by the Liga Feminista Costarricense, the constitution of 1949 granted Costa Rican women the right to vote.
She dedicated her life and career to stand up and fight for women's rights, writing the biographies of Concepción Arenal and Juana Inés de la Cruz during her time in Argentina. Moreover, she participated in various publications and wrote articles for numerous newspapers in Buenos Aires (some of which can be found in La mujer en la diplomacia ...
The official languages of the committee are English, Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish, with any statement made in one of the official languages translated into the other four. [26] A speaker who does not speak one of the official languages provides a translator. [26]
Afghanistan (restricting previous full right, allowing "temporarily" limited voting rights) [114] Note : In some countries, both men and women have limited suffrage. For example, in Brunei , which is a sultanate , there are no national elections, and voting exists only on local issues. [ 115 ]