The Women's Suffrage Movement

The Women's Suffrage Movement

Introduction

Voting rights for women had become part of international law in 1948, when the country Organization of American States adopted the Inter-American Convention on securing women's political rights.

One of the great changes of the 20th century in the America occurred, when women were given the right to vote. This happened only after a tremendous struggle (Tindall et.al, 2010).

A Changing World

In 1900, no woman could vote in parliamentary elections. Some wealthy women could vote in some county and town elections, but this had not been extended to give them the right to choose their own Members ...