suffrage
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These ranged from facts about the history of women’s suffrage to the founding of Puerto Rico’s oldest punk band, La Experiencia de Toñito Cabanillas.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
Universal suffrage is, however, practised in the breakaway region of Somaliland, which declared independence in 1991 but has never been internationally recognised.
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025
The law requires that committee to review designs, and after a multiyear effort, it settled on five themes for the five quarters: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, abolition, suffrage and civil rights.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
The Pentagon later clarified that Hegseth doesn’t oppose women’s suffrage.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2025
In a movement known as the New Departure, some women’s rights advocates interpreted the new amendment in a way that actually allowed female suffrage.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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