Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the … See more

Scholars have proposed different theories for variations in the timing of women's suffrage across countries. These explanations include the activism of social movements, cultural … See more

Africa
Egypt
The struggle for women's suffrage in Egypt first sparked from the nationalist 1919 Revolution in which women of all classes took to the streets in protest against the British occupation. … See more

In ancient Athens, often cited as the birthplace of democracy, only adult male citizens who owned land were permitted to vote. Through subsequent centuries, Europe was ruled … See more

The suffrage movement was a broad one, made up of women and men with a wide range of views. In terms of diversity, the greatest … See more

Scholars have linked women's suffrage to subsequent economic growth, the rise of the welfare state, and less interstate conflict. See more

The right of women to vote has sometimes been denied in non-religious organizations; for example, it was not until 1964 that women in … See more