Suffrage | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Suffrage, in representative government, is the right to vote in electing public officials and adopting or rejecting proposed legislation. Before the evolution of universal suffrage in the 19th and 20th centuries, most countries required special qualifications of …
Women’s Suffrage ‑ The U.S. Movement, Leaders & 19th ... - HISTORY
WEBOct 29, 2009 · The women’s suffrage movement was a decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. It took activists and reformers nearly 100 years to win that right, and the...
Suffrage - Wikipedia
WEBSuffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).
Women’s suffrage | Definition, History, Causes, Effects, Leaders ...
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Women’s suffrage is the right of women by law to vote in national or local elections. Women were excluded from voting in ancient Greece and republican Rome as well as in the few democracies that had emerged in …
Women's suffrage - Wikipedia
WEBWomen's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. At the beginning of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vote, increasing the number of those parties' potential constituencies.
Suffrage Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
WEBsuf· frage ˈsə-frij. sometimes -fə-rij. Synonyms of suffrage. 1. : a short intercessory prayer usually in a series. 2. : a vote given in deciding a controverted question or electing a person for an office or trust. 3. : the right of voting : franchise.
Suffrage | National Archives
WEBJun 17, 2022 · Beginning in the mid-19th century, woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered radical change. First introduced in Congress in 1878, a woman suffrage amendment was continuously proposed for the next 41 years until it passed both houses …
What is Suffrage? - Pieces of History
WEBMay 14, 2019 · After 1870, when African American men secured the Federal right to vote with the 15th Amendment, the term “suffrage” became more commonly associated with the woman suffrage movement (ca. 1848–1920).
Women’s suffrage - US History, 19th Amendment, Voting Rights
WEBAug 28, 2024 · The movement for woman suffrage started in the early 19th century during the agitation against slavery. Women such as Lucretia Mott showed a keen interest in the antislavery movement and proved to be admirable public speakers.
19th Amendment ‑ Definition, Passage & Summary - HISTORY
WEBMar 5, 2010 · The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right known as women’s suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of...