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Bookmark or Share- The Complex History of the Women’s Suffrage MovementBy Jennifer Schuessler. Aug. 15, 2019. WASHINGTON — In the summer of 1919, shortly after Congress passed the 19th Amendment, the Smithsonian acquired a few relics from the nearly century-long...
- The True History of Suffragette | History| Smithsonian MagazineHISTORY. The True History of Suffragette. Emily Wilding Davison was a tireless and ingenious activist for the cause of women’s suffrage in Britain. Maria Speidel. January 13, 2016. Suffragettes...
- Suffragette - WikipediaSuffragette. A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom.
- Women’s suffrage | Definition, History, Causes, Effects, Leaders ...Women’s suffrage, 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 Europe by the end of the 18th century. The first country to give women the right to vote was New Zealand (1893).
- Suffragettes: The Most Influential Figures for Women's Right to VoteInsight into the lives of the foremost figures in the women's right to vote movement. These suffragettes helped change history.
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