RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
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Women will eventually get the right to vote.
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Women will never get the right to vote.
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Women will never deserve the right to vote.
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Women already have the right to vote.
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Detailed explanation-1: -women’s suffrage, also called woman suffrage, the right of women by law to vote in national or local elections.
Detailed explanation-2: -Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle-victory took decades of agitation and protest.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Government of India Act 1935 extended the vote to include around 6 million women, but even so covered only 2.5% of the women in India. “In the 1937 elections, 10 women were elected from general constituencies, 41 from reserved constituencies, and five were nominated to provincial legislative councils".
Detailed explanation-4: -The term ‘suffrage’ means right to vote. All over Europe and USA, women led the suffrage movement demanding the right to vote.