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Nüzi Chanzheng Tongmenghui
The Women's Suffrage Alliance ({{zh, s=女子参政同盟会, t=女子參政同盟會, p=Nǚzǐ cānzhèng tóngménghuì) was a Chinese women's rights organisation, founded 20 February 1912. Its purpose was to work for the introduction of women's rights and women suffrage. It was the first national women's suffrage organisation in China, and the start of the first organised suffrage movement in China. Foundation It was founded by Tang Qunying (founder of the Women's Support Association) in Nanjing 20 February 1912. At the time, the Chinese Empire had been abolished and the Constitution of the new Republic of China was due to be written. Women activists were concerned that women's equal rights and suffrage be included in the constitution of the new republic. When there were signs that this was not the case, women organized under Tang Qunying to lobby their cause to the Parliament. It was an umbrella organisation which comprised the women's associations Nüzi canzheng tongzhi hui, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Suffrage
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vote, increasing the number of those parties' potential constituencies. National and international organizations formed to coordinate efforts towards women voting, especially the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (founded in 1904 in Berlin, Germany). Many instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped of, the right to vote. The first place in the world to award and maintain women's suffrage was New Jersey in 1776 (though in 1807 this was reverted so that only white men could vote). The first province to ''continuously'' allow women to vote was Pitcairn Islands in 1838, and the first sovereign nation was Norway in 1913, as the Kingdom of Hawai'i, which originally had universal suffrage in 1840, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
