I find it rather salutary to look at the lists of countries and when they gave the vote to women. For many it was not until the mid 20th Century or even later. Women have only been considered equal to men in many places for a mere fifty years. That seems incredible to me.
In Britain after campaigns that ran for around a hundred years the Suffragists and Suffragettes finally won limited suffrage. It was a hard-fought battle. Many women failed to support the movement and described women who were fighting for the right to vote as lunatics.
It was not a complete victory in 1918. Women were reluctantly given the right to vote – but only those who were over thirty years old and were property owners (around 6 million). So what was the idea behind that? To eliminate the uneducated and poor? To give he vote only to the rich, middle and upper classes?
It wasn’t until 1928 that this was extended to all women over the age of twenty one.
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How many women in 1928 actually used that Vote. How many women today use their vote or will use their vote at the next election, thats the question.
I would hope they all did Anna. I don’t know off-hand. But is that really the question? I don’t think anybody would dare to suggest they shouldn’t have the vote would they?
Perhaps voting should be compulsory like it is in Australia?