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The list of universal suffrage (all men, all women, all ethnicities) is different from the article too though. Only New Zealand in the 19th century. Followed cl
by eatonphil 5y ago
The list of universal suffrage (all men, all women, all ethnicities) is different from the article too though. Only New Zealand in the 19th century. Followed closely by Finland, Norway, Denmark, etc.
Switzerland only required all cantons to allow women to vote in 1991. Australia only allowed all ethnicities to vote since 1967.
I agree the original article has a concept of democracy that is hard to understand when it says Australia and Switzerland were the only ones in the 19th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_suffrage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_suffrage
- n4r9 5y agoSuffrage is one thing. I agree it's a shortcoming of the metric. Making the vote free and fair amongst those who can vote, is a separate matter.
- sampo 5y ago> Only New Zealand in the 19th century. In New Zealand women could vote, but not run. Only in 1919 were women eligible to be elected to the House of Representatives. And only in 1941 were women eligible to be appointed to the Upper House.
- eatonphil 5y agoSuffrage and ability to run are different I think but yeah point taken.
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoHeck it took until the 1990's for women to be US Senators (but for an exception or two). Curiously a US woman was a representative before women had gained the vote. So kind of topsy-turvy there.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Curiously a US woman was a representative before women had gained the vote. Before women had gained a nationally guaranteed equal right to vote; women had the vote in many states (sometimes on an unequal basis) prior to that point.