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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.
Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973) – first U.S. female member of Congress (R) Montana. Rankin opened congressional debate on a Constitutional amendment granting universal suffrage to women, and voted for the resolution in 1919, which would become the 19th Amendment. [105] Rebecca Hourwich Reyher (1897–1987) – author and lecturer. [106] [107]
This is a list of British suffragists and suffragettes who were born in the British Isles or whose lives and works are closely associated with it. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
This is a list of suffragists from the United States and its territories. ... The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
Suffrage for Filipinas was achieved following an all-female, special plebiscite held on April 30, 1937. 447,725 – some ninety percent – voted in favour of women's suffrage against 44,307 who voted no.
Dublin Women's Suffrage Association – major Irish organization. [11]Irish Women's Franchise League – founded in 1908, more radical than the Dublin Association. [12]Irish Women's Suffrage Society – founded by Isabella Tod as the North of Ireland Women's Suffrage Society in 1872, it was based in Belfast but had branches in other parts of the north.
Eighteen female MPs joined the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1935. 1935 British Raj; British Burma (now Myanmar, women are granted the right to vote) [35] Irish Free State (equal suffrage at local elections; [80] partial suffrage as part of the UK from 1869, extended in 1918. [81]) 1937
After an internal struggle, Kansas Republicans decided to support suffrage for black men only and formed an "Anti-Female Suffrage Committee" to oppose the AERA's efforts. [91] By the end of summer, the AERA campaign had almost collapsed, and its finances were exhausted.