A WORLDS TOUR OF WOMENS SUFFRAGE

• 1. How did women's suffrage differ between New Zealand and Australia?

  • in Australia, only white women were given this right while Aboriginal (indigenous australian) women would have to wait another 60 years before suffrage was granted to them
  • new zealand gave all women the right to vote on national level
• 1. How did the Enlightenment contribute to the growth of the women's suffrage movement?


  • they inspired women, such as Mary Wollstonecraft, to speak out on the inequality many women faced
• 1. Why did many Central Asian states grant women suffrage at a similar time in the early twentieth century?

  • they were tied to the russian state, who permitted voting rights during that time
• 1. What derailed women's suffrage in China and Japan for a period?

  • WWII, imperialism, & invasions
• 1. What groups of women were excluded from voting in North America? Why?

  • indigenous, african american, and asian women
  • these exclusions were due to discriminatory laws and practices rooted in racism, sexism, and xenophobia
  • Indigenous women were often denied voting rights due to their status as Native Americans
  • African American women faced disenfranchisement through poll taxes, literacy tests, and discriminatory laws
  • women of Asian descent were often excluded from citizenship rights, which in turn denied them the right to vote
• What did the struggles for women's suffrage in Latin America and Africa have in common?

  Both regions were fighting for independence from colonial rule during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and women played significant roles in these movements
• Women's suffrage in Latin America and Africa


  Was often intertwined with broader calls for social justice, equality, and political representation
• Women in Latin America and Africa


  • Faced similar challenges in overcoming traditional gender roles and societal expectations
  • Faced similar challenges in combating discrimination and patriarchal attitudes within their respective societies
• How industrialization caused change in existing hierarchies and standards of living


  1. Industrialization took hold

  2. Traditional agrarian societies transformed into urbanized and industrialized ones

  3. Shifts in power dynamics and social structures

  4. Emergence of factories and urban centers

  5. New opportunities for employment

  6. Exploitation and harsh working conditions, particularly for women and children

  7. Changes sparked movements for labor rights

  8. Women sought to gain political representation and improve their social and economic standing

  9. Advancements in technology, communication, and transportation

  10. Facilitated the spread of ideas and the organization of social and political movements, including the women's suffrage movement
• Industrialization caused change in existing hierarchies and standards of living, like the women suffrage movement
• • suffrage is the right to vote
• • Sweden granted voting rights to rural widows and spinsters in 1862, while Finland allowed taxpaying women to vote in 1872, but not married women
• • Women in the United Kingdom gained full voting rights in 1929 after a century of organizing and protests
• • France and Italy granted full suffrage to women after World War II, with France extending it in 1944 and Italy in 1945
• • Japan granted suffrage to women at the end of 1945
• • Indian women gained universal suffrage with the Constitution of India in 1950
• • Women in North America, including the United States and Canada, won the right to vote in 1920, but indigenous and African American women faced restrictions and discrimination in exercising their voting rights
• • South American women fought for suffrage as part of the struggle for independence from colonial rule, gaining voting rights later than other regions
• • In Africa, indigenous women initially held political and economic power, but colonialism brought restrictions. Universal suffrage for African women came with independence, with South Africa granting full suffrage to black women in 1994 after the end of apartheid