The right for women to vote is one of the most significant milestones in the history of gender equality. It was not achieved ...

In an 1866 meeting where Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony argued about whether to prioritize suffrage for black men or ...

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Nearly all white men could vote for president in the 1856 election. Free African American men could only vote in six northern ...

The dismissal of this amendment led to the establishment of formal suffrage societies across England and Ireland. While the... London, 28 February 1920 - A proposal to extend the vote to women ...

In 1872 women were not allowed to vote, but the social reformer and women’s rights activist broke the law to do so.

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The roots of the suffrage movement can be traced back to the early 19th century, alongside the fight against slavery. Women like Lucretia Mott emerged as advocates within the anti-slavery movement.

His first major published article, written while he was a student at Princeton University, argued that “universal suffrage is a constant element of weakness” and that by failing to limit ...

Somalia's government and federal member states said Wednesday that direct universal suffrage would be introduced with local elections set for June 2025. The agreement signed by Prime Minister ...

The former legislator from the social welfare sector was one of the nine key figures of Hong Kong’s Occupy movement in 2014 ...