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. Several instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Women's suffrage movement in India fought for Indian women's enfranchisement in Colonial India under British rule. Beyond suffrage, the movement was...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

of 16 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 was established in the United States on a full or partial basis by various towns, counties, states, and territories during the latter...

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...

West, where they are near-universally credited with achieving women's suffrage, gender-neutral language, reproductive rights for women (including access...

Music was often used in the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Music played an instrumental role in the parades, rallies, and conventions...

 1892-1925) was a hairdresser and inventor who was also an activist for women's suffrage. She held a patent for a novel hairbrush. Newman's birth and death dates...

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 jewellery refers to jewellery worn by suffragists, including suffragettes, in the years immediately preceding the First World War, ranging from...

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...

took up the issue of women suffrage and became the leading suffrage society in parallel to the Union française pour le suffrage des femmes (1909-1945). 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...

The Women's Suffrage Movement in the Western world influenced changes in female fashions of the early 1900s: causing the introduction of masculine silhouettes...