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This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the publications which publicized – and, in some nations, continue to publicize– their goals.
Utah : reestablishes women's suffrage upon gaining statehood. [41] Idaho ; 1897 Siam: Formal provisions for female suffrage in village elections in Thailand date to the Local Administration Act of 1897. This makes Thailand the first major country in the world in which women and men achieved the vote on an equal basis simultaneously.
The campaign for women's suffrage started in 1923, when the women's umbrella organization Tokyo Rengo Fujinkai was founded and created several sub groups to address different women's issues, one of whom, Fusen Kakutoku Domei (FKD), was to work for the introduction of women's suffrage and political rights. [152]
The Catholic Women's Suffrage Society – founded in 1911; Church League for Women's Suffrage – founded in 1913; Jewish League for Woman Suffrage – founded in 1912, thought to be the only Jewish suffrage group in the world. [17] National Society for Women's Suffrage – Britain's first large suffrage organization, founded in 1867 by Lydia ...
In 1897, the Manchester Women's Suffrage committee had merged with the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) but Emmeline Pankhurst, who was a member of the original Manchester committee, and her eldest daughter Christabel had become impatient with the ILP, and on 10 October 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst held a meeting at her home in ...
Danish Women's Society (Dansk Kvindesamfund), world's oldest women's rights organization, founded 1871; De Danske Husmoderforeninger (The Danish Housewives Associations) Fødselsstiftelsen (Maternity Institution) Kvindevalgretsforeningen (Women's Suffrage Association), women's organization (1889–1898) specifically focused on suffrage
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.
Kate Williams Evans (1866–1961) – suffragette and activist for women's rights; Millicent Fawcett (1847–1929) – suffragist and feminist, president of National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies; Mary Fildes (1789–1876) – political activist and founder of Manchester Female Reform Society