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    Wann bekamen Frauen in Europa das Wahlrecht?


    Wann bekamen Frauen in Europa das Wahlrecht?

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    1. yourlittlebirdie on

      Interesting how the end of wars seems to be a popular time for women to get the right to vote.

    2. Diligent-Beach-7725 on

      For many of them, it’s the year of autonomy or independence or exactly when men too got the right to vote.

    3. Flilix on

      Belgium is wrong; 1919 is the year of equal universal voting rights for men. Women were only in 1948.

      In the 19th century, only those who payed enough taxes, i.e. rich people, were allowed to vote. By the end of the century the rules were slightly changed and all men could now vote, but rich people still got multiple votes. One of the main demands of the socialists was to put an end to this system and give equal voting rights to all men. Because these socialists abandoned their internationalist ideals in WW1 and actively supported the Belgian army, king Albert I rewarded them by pushing through this demand – somewhat against the will of the government.

      In the 1920s there were already talks about voting rights for women, but the liberals and socialists opposed this because women were more conservative and would give a big advantage to the Catholic Party. That’s why it took until after WW2 for these rights to get passed.

    4. Expensive_Speech3846 on

      In some countries, the right to vote was interrupted; in others, this right was fictitious. In Switzerland, most regions introduced women’s suffrage before 1971.

    6. DegreeUnusual2928 on

      Most catholic men and women in Northern Ireland weren’t able to vote until 1970 when one person one vote was introduced.

    7. makerofshoes on

      In Britain, only partial suffrage was granted to women in 1918. In 1928 it was made fully equal for men and women. From 1918-28 it was only granted to women over 30 years of age (while men could vote at 21), and only if they or their husband met certain qualifications of property ownership

      I was just watching the show Seven Dials on Netflix which takes place in 1925 in England and one of the female characters quips about how men should give women the right to vote, so I was interested to look it up

    8. Technical_Net9691 on

      From 1919 in Sweden although the next election wasn’t until 1921.
      But unmarried women were allowed to vote in local elections from the 1860’s.

    9. hairychris88 on

      1971 for Switzerland refers to federal elections. There were a few cantons that allowed it at cantonal and communal levels a few years earlier but it was still very late by European standards.

      There was one Swiss canton where women couldn’t vote at cantonal (= state) level until 1990.

      And this is a country where individual cantons have a huge amount of individual autonomy.

    12. Lieutenant_Cold on

      Very cool having a black hand when representing older generations of european woman

    13. HarlequinKOTF on

      This is misleading. Swiss women hadn’t fully gained the right to vote until 1990.

    14. Lyceus_ on

      If 1918 is chosen for the UK, then Spain should be 1924 (limited voting right).

    20. TheEgyptianScouser on

      One of the few things I am proud of Egypt is that women were included in the first ever elections in 1954

    21. oldpuzzle on

      In Switzerland you can really tell how little resistance you get when the majority is in a financially comfortable position.

      I once asked my dad how he, his dad and granddad voted in 1971. My dad who was in his early 20s and was really into hippie culture obviously voted yes.
      His father also voted yes, although my dad thought the main reason behind the vote was that his father didn’t want to get in trouble with his wife. The grandfather voted no.

    22. IntentionNegative516 on

      The Switzerland number is not correct really – in Appenzell Innerrhoden, women were only allowed to vote as of **1991**!

    26. overthere1143 on

      It should be stated that in 1931 Portugal was a dictatorship. We became a republic in 1910 but the feeble democacry we had did not care to give women the right to vote. By 1929 the military had enough of political instability and took power. By 1933 a new constitution was published and voted in a general election, starting the Estado Novo.

    27. Marius_Sulla_Pompey on

      Turkish women were given right to stand in elections and vote in *local* elections in 1930.

    29. spartiecat on

      The Soviets put a woman in space 8 years before Swiss women got the right to vote

    31. levsi on

      Norway is also wrong, 1901 for rich women. Or women married to rich men. And only in communal elections. 1907 was just for the rich women. So it would be more correct to say 1913, as that was the year all women could vote freely. Still the first sovereign country in Europe to allow this, since Finland still was a Grand Duchy in Russia until 1917.

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