suffrage
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The author places the Fowlers’ uplifting take on phrenology in the context of the era’s other reform movements—abolition, suffrage and temperance—which aimed for large-scale social transformation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Somalians turned out in droves on Thursday to vote in local elections in the capital Mogadishu -- the first by universal suffrage in nearly 60 years -- with the city locked down amid security concerns.
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
Her show “Suffs,” which is about the women’s suffrage movement leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment, opens Tuesday at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre as part of its inaugural national tour.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025
In one story of this contest between the two deities, woman’s suffrage plays a part.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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