When Did Women Get The Right To Vote in Europe
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  • 4 points OldLevermonkey

    This is one of those terms & conditions apply things. Saying 1918 for the UK and Ireland is stretching things a bit.

    • In 1918 a coalition government passed the Representation of the People Act 1918, enfranchising all men over 21, as well as all women over the age of 30 who met minimum property qualifications, in both Britain and Ireland (The whole of Ireland was part of the UK at this time).
    • It wasn't until the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 that gave women the same voting rights as men in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
    • In the Republic of Ireland it was the 1937 Constitution of Ireland that guaranteed women the right to vote and to nationality and citizenship on an equal basis with men.

    The map therefore should read 1937 for the Republic of Ireland and 1928 for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    Edit: Allowing a few women to vote is not the same as equality of suffrage and this is why commentators are questioning the dates.

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    1 points lepreqon_

    The part for the former USSR republics is also not exactly correct.

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    1 points PlaneEar4494

    maybe you shouldn't be reposting this then and make your own edit or map?

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    1 points lepreqon_

    I'll ask you next time. đŸ˜˜

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  • 3 points sombertownDS

    Most of these had it removed soon after. Should have when they got the right and kept it

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  • 1 points avelario

    In Belgium, it's 1948

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    1 points Nice_Wing6967

    Women can vote for municipal election since 1920. I think that's where they got the 1919 from

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  • 1 points Smilodon24

    "Based" Switzerland

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    1 points itscancerous

    Appenzell Innenhoden was forced to introduce women's voting rights by the Swiss supreme court.

    In 1991

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    1 points Todesschnizzle

    innenhoden So geschrieben gleich noch besser

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  • 1 points General-Knowledge7

    Portugal was much much later

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    1 points OldLevermonkey

    Full legal equality wasn't until 1976 I believe.

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  • 1 points iamdepressed_69

    Bro the sea let women vote earlier than Switzerland đŸ˜­

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  • 1 points Technical-Excuse2123

    In Sweden we got the right to vote 1919, however the first election after we got the right was 1921

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  • 1 points [deleted]

    The average man got to vote in 1917 in the Netherlands. 

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  • 1 points SpiritualPackage3797

    How did French women gain the right to vote while under Nazi occupation?

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    1 points D0nkeyHS

    When exactly do you think France got a government that could make decisions?

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    1 points xtvd

    I reckon it was granted by the "exiled" government, not the Vichy collaborationist one

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    1 points [deleted]

    The Government in exiled decreed that as soon as normal free elections would be held after that war was over (the writing was already on the wall for the Germans) that women would be able to vote.

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  • 1 points LowerSink2286

    1893 in NZ if that helps.

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  • 1 points TheTeaTrader

    It would be interesting to add, when these countries became democracies. Or at least when elections had significant meaning.

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    1 points lepreqon_

    Agree

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  • 1 points den_bram

    For belgium this was only for municipal elections with the exception of widowers of soldiers who could vote in parliament.

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  • 1 points Nigis-25

    Finland is first on something legitimate, and not like some happiness index.

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  • 1 points [deleted]

    [deleted]

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    1 points lepreqon_

    Yeah, the Provisional Government did that in February 2017, before the Bolshevik coup in October that year. It was done in all of the Empire, so 1919 in Belarus and Ukraine, for example, is incorrect.

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  • 1 points JKdito

    Incorrect

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    1 points lepreqon_

    I know.

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  • 1 points SignificantPrice9407

    Exactly the same time when all problems start

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  • 1 points Melodic-Mongoose2627

    What a tragedy.

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