Universal Suffrage and the Right to Vote
- In 1900 only one country allowed women to vote
- 1950-69
- 1975-129
- Despite the right to vote there were still differences in education and pay
Summary: Not everyone was given the right to vote. The numbers drastically increased after the World Wars and by 1975 129 countries allowed women to vote.
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Quote: “...while women represent fifty percent of the world’s population, they perform nearly two-thirds of all working hours, receive only one-tenth of the world’s income and own less than one percent of the world’s property”
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Question:How would it have affected major world issues and leaders in history if women had always had the right to vote?
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