A Short History of Women's Rights eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 260 pages of information about A Short History of Women's Rights.

A Short History of Women's Rights eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 260 pages of information about A Short History of Women's Rights.
1896 Utah. . . . . . . . .  Full suffrage.  Idaho . . . . . . . .  Do. 1898 Ireland . . . . . . .  All offices except members of Parliament.  Minnesota . . . . . .  Library trustees.  Delaware. . . . . . .  School suffrage to tax-paying women.  France. . . . . . . .  Women engaged in commerce can vote for judges of the tribunal of commerce.  Louisiana . . . . . .  Tax-paying suffrage. 1900 Wisconsin . . . . . .  School suffrage.  West Australia. . . .  Full State suffrage. 1901 New York. . . . . . .  Tax-paying suffrage; local taxation in all towns and villages of the State.  Norway. . . . . . . .  Municipal suffrage. 1902 Australia . . . . . .  Full suffrage.  New South Wales . . .  Full State suffrage. 1903 Kansas. . . . . . . .  Bond suffrage.  Tasmania. . . . . . .  Full State suffrage. 1905 Queensland. . . . . .  Do. 1906 Finland . . . . . . .  Full suffrage; eligible for all offices. 1907 Norway. . . . . . . .  Full parliamentary suffrage to the 300,000 women who already had municipal suffrage.  Sweden. . . . . . . .  Eligible to municipal offices.  Denmark . . . . . . .  Can vote for members of boards of public charities and serve on such boards.  England . . . . . . .  Eligible as mayors, aldermen, and county and town councilors.  Oklahoma. . . . . . .  New State continued school suffrage for women. 1908 Michigan. . . . . . .  Taxpayers to vote on question of local taxation and granting of franchises.  Denmark . . . . . . .  Women who are taxpayers or wives of taxpayers vote for all offices except members of Parliament.  Victoria. . . . . . .  Full State suffrage. 1909 Belgium . . . . . . .  Can vote for members of the conseils des prudhommes, and also eligible.  Province of Voralberg Single women and widows paying taxes (Austrian Tyrol) were given a vote.  Ginter Park, VA . . .  Tax-paying women, a vote on all municipal questions. 1910 Washington. . . . . .  Full suffrage.  New Mexico. . . . . .  School suffrage.

TIME PLACE KIND OF SUFFRAGE

1910  Norway. . . . . . . .  Municipal suffrage made universal. 
Three-fifths of the women had it
before. 
Bosnia. . . . . . . .  Parliamentary vote to women owning a
certain amount of real estate. 
Diet of the Crown . .  Suffrage to the women of its capital city
Prince of Krain       Laibach. 
(Austria)
India (Gaekwar of . .  Women in his dominions vote in municipal
Baroda)               elections. 
Wurttemberg . . . . .  Women engaged in agriculture vote for
Kingdom of            members of the chamber of agriculture;
also eligible. 
New York. . . . . . .  Women in all towns, villages and
third-class cities vote on bonding
propositions.
1911  California. . . . . .  Full suffrage. 
Honduras. . . . . . .  Municipal suffrage in capital city, Belize. 
Iceland . . . . . . .  Parliamentary suffrage for women over
25 years.
1912  Oregon. . . . . . . .  Full suffrage. 
Arizona . . . . . . .   Do. 
Kansas. . . . . . . .   Do.

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