the fight for women's right to vote began, indicated by sweden's age of liberty on july 19, 1848.
when did the fight for women's right to vote began, indicated by sweden's age of liberty?
july 19, 1848
some women in the isle of man (geographically part of the british isles but not part of the united kingdom) gained the right to vote in 1881. though it did not achieve nationhood until 1907, the colony of new zealand was the first self-governing country in the world in which all women had the right to vote in, but not to stand for, parliamentary elections in 1893, followed closely by the colony of south australia in 1894 (which, unlike new zealand, allowed women to stand for parliament). in sweden, conditional women's suffrage was granted during the age of liberty between 1718 and 1772.
timeline of women's suffrage
voting was initially restricted based on gender, though. victoria was the last state within australia to intentionally recognise female voters. the "electoral act 1863" granted the vote to all rate payers, which included some women at the time. therefore women were legally allowed to, and indeed did, vote in the election of 1864. the act was clarified in 1865 to exclude women. agitation for allowing women to vote began in earnest in 1891, with presentation of an immense petition containing over 30,000 signatures was presented to the parliament. this petition was proudly used as a promotional tool for the federation of australia. the newly federated nation allowed women to vote in elections, as well as stand for office, since 1902. yet victoria did not expand its suffrage to include women until 1908, nor allow women to stand for office until 1924. the first woman was not elected into the victorian parliament until 1933.
parliament of victoria