('Suffrage for Women') was a journal published by the Swedish National Association for Women's Suffrage. It was first published in 1912 and the last issue was published in 1919, when the

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(Swedish Parliament) decided to extend

universal suffrage Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the " one person, one vote" principle. For many, the term universal suffrage assumes the exclusion ...

to men and women. The journal's motto was: "We can never do as much for a great cause as a great cause can do for us."

History

The National Association for Women's Suffrage (, LKPR) had been using the

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's journal ''Dagny'' as a mouthpiece. Cooperation between the two could be problematic at times; LKPR was against the fact that the editors of ''Dagny'' also allowed opponents of suffrage to publish in the journal. The collaboration ended in 1911, and the following year LKPR published the first issue of . Its first editor was Elisabeth Krey-Lange, followed by from 1913 to 1914; Brisman was then editor-in-chief from 1913 to 1919. Most of the most prominent figures in the Swedish

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contributed articles, including Gulli Petrini, Anna Lindhagen,

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, Elsa Collin,

Karolina Widerström Karolina Olivia Widerström (10 December 1856 – 4 March 1949) was a Swedish medical doctor and gynecologist. She was the first female physician with a university education in her country. She was also a feminist and a politician, and engaged i ...

, Anna Bugge-Wicksell, and

Signe Bergman ''Signe'' Wilhelmina Ulrika Bergman (10 April 1869 – 9 May 1960) was a Swedish Feminism, feminist. She was the chairperson of the National Association for Women's Suffrage (Sweden), National Association for Women's Suffrage (LKPR) which was the ...

. Eight years after the journal's launch, in May 1919, Parliament voted to extend the right to vote to women. The June 1919 issue was devoted entirely to suffrage reform and women's new role as citizens. The last issue of the journal was published in December 1919.

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Gothenburg University Library: All issues of ''Rösträtt för kvinnor'' in PDF format
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