Suffrage | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica 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 their voters
Suffrage - Wikipedia Equal suffrage is sometimes confused with Universal suffrage, although the meaning of the former is the removal of graded votes, wherein a voter could possess a number of votes in accordance with income, wealth or social status
Womens Suffrage | Voters and Voting Rights | Presidential Elections . . . The fight for suffrage rights escalated when the United States entered World War I in April 1917, and many women moved into the workforce One new strategy adopted by the suffrage movement was regular picketing of the White House
Suffrage | National Archives 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
What is Suffrage? - Pieces of History 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)
Timeline: Woman Suffrage | National Womens History Museum The parade was the first major suffrage spectacle organized by the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) The two women then organized the Congressional Union, later known at the National Women’s Party (1916)
The Right to Vote Is Known as Suffrage or Franchise “Suffrage” originates from the Latin word “suffragium,” historically referring to a vote or support In modern terms, suffrage encompasses the right to participate in public elections, a concept that has evolved significantly