active suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for election. The combination of active and passive suffrage is sometimes...

Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Several instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped...

Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first...

Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the "one...

1872 the fight for women's suffrage became a national movement with the formation of the National Society for Women's Suffrage and later the more influential...

Women's suffrage – the right of women to vote – has been achieved at various times in countries throughout the world. In many nations, women's suffrage was...

Universal manhood suffrage is a form of voting rights in which all adult male citizens within a political system are allowed to vote, regardless of income...

that began in the late 19th century in order to campaign against women's suffrage in countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and...

for voting rights), in order to belittle the women advocating women's suffrage. The militants embraced the new name, even adopting it for use as the title...

American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was an organization formed on February 18, 1890, to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States...

women's suffrage in the United States, at both the state and national levels, and was part of the worldwide movement towards women's suffrage and part...

African American male suffrage back again. In United States vs. Reese (1876), the supreme court upheld limitations on suffrage, including poll taxes,...

Householder Franchise or census suffrage is where a homeowner has the right to vote in an election. This is a limited form of suffrage, but different from equal...

American activist in the women's suffrage movement. She was a national and state leader in the fight for women's suffrage who worked to secure the ratification...

state is given considerable discretion to establish qualifications for suffrage and candidacy within its own respective jurisdiction; in addition, states...

Black suffrage refers to black people's right to vote and has long been an issue in countries established under conditions of black minorities as well...

individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed...

Women's suffrage in Canada occurred at different times in different jurisdictions to different demographics of women. Women's right to vote began in the...

The Woman Suffrage Procession on March 3, 1913, was the first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C. It was also the first large, organized march on Washington...

This timeline highlights milestones in women's suffrage in the United States, particularly the right of women to vote in elections at federal and state...

Youth suffrage is the right of youth to vote and forms part of the broader universal suffrage and youth rights movements. Most democracies have lowered...

states followed this ruling and denied suffrage to Native Americans. As early as the general women's suffrage movement of the late 19th century and early...

reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected...

Suffrage drama (also known as suffrage plays or suffrage theatre) is a form of dramatic literature that emerged during the British women's suffrage movement...

Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. An earlier referendum on women's suffrage was held on 1 February 1959 and was rejected by the majority (67%) of Switzerland's...

Women's suffrage was established in the United States on a full or partial basis by various towns, counties, states, and territories during the latter...

Art in the women's suffrage movement of the United States played a critical role. Art was used both as propaganda and as a way to represent the leaders...

The Men's League for Women's Suffrage was a society formed in 1907 in London and was part of the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom. The society...

different names, it gradually broadened its politics from a focus on women's suffrage to eventually become a left communist grouping. It originated as the East...

The Manhood Suffrage League was a nineteenth-century ultra-radical and, later, socialist club. The organisation was founded in 1874 as the Democratic and...