womens suffrage
Female ballot access
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in political elections.
The term usually refers to the movement that fought for this right, which succeeded in most Western democracies during the early twentieth century: The women's suffrage movement in America culminated with the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.
Also spelled women's suffrage.
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- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
- ballotVoting document
- polling stationElection day venue
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Removal of voting rights
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womens suffragemale supremacy
Men's assumed superiority
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