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, 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...

Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. At the beginning of the 19th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

Non-citizen suffrage is the extension of the right to vote (suffrage) to non-citizens. This right varies widely by place in terms of which non-citizens...

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...

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...

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...

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...

historically the main international organization that campaigned for women's suffrage. IAW stands for an inclusive, intersectional and progressive liberal feminism...

of 14 to the women's suffrage movement. She founded and became involved with the Women's Franchise League, which advocated suffrage for both married and...

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 in Australia was one of the early achievements of Australian democracy. Following the progressive establishment of male suffrage in the...

New England Suffrage League was an organization of black voters in the United States. Its fourth annual meeting was held at Unity Hall in Hartford in 1907...

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...