#OnThisDay, 23 May 1907, 19 women take their seats in the Finnish Parliament. They are the first women Parliamentarians in the world.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #EuropeanHistory
votesforwomen
#OnThisDay, 18 Aug 1920, women in the US gain the right to vote when the 19th amendment is ratified by Tennessee, the 36th state to ratify it.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 4 Jun 1919, the US Senate approved the 19th amendment, in theory granting all women the right to vote. It was ratified in August 1920.
But it took until 1965 to lift state level laws that denied many women their rights.
More here: https://www.neh.gov/article/winning-vote-divided-movement-brought-about-nineteenth-amendment
#History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 23 May 1907, 19 women take their seats in the Finnish Parliament. They are the first women Parliamentarians in the world.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #EuropeanHistory #Histodons
"You have trampled under foot every vital principle of our government. My natural rights, my civil rights, my political rights, my judicial rights, are all alike ignored."
#OnThisDay, 17 Jun 1873, Susan B Anthony is tried for illegally voting in the 1872 US Presidential election.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory #Histodons
1/2
#OnThisDay, 26 Jun 1949, all Belgian women are able to vote in Parliamentary elections for the first time.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #EuropeanHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 2 Jul 1928, the UK's Representation of the People Act comes into effect, finally giving women equal voting rights to men. It increases the number of women eligible to vote to 15 million.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #Histodons
