11 JUNE 2013 is one hundred years since Norwegian women got full voting rights on an equal basis with men. Norway was among the first countries in the world to introduce universal suffrage for both women and men. The work for universal suffrage for women went on for many years and was an issue that many people got involved in. The Voting Rights Committee has chosen to highlight four women who played a decisive role in the suffrage issue.

A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founde...

A momentous act of self sacrifice is caught on camera - Emily Davison is trampled by the King's hors...

The documentary follows the activism of prominent suffragists such as Emily Stowe, as they struggled...

It is 1913. Women across the country, outraged by inequality and prejudice are beginning to rise up ...

War Sailor is a magnificent drama that tells the story of the more than 30,000 Norwegian war sailors...

Just Like the Men is an original silent film written in 1914 by Ella Higginson, a novelist, poet lau...

The phrase "Born Sexy Yesterday" is derived from the 1950 film "Born Yesterday." However beneath thi...

"Without a Whisper" is the untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in ...
The coronation of King Håkon (Haakon VII) of Norway in 1905.

The story of the struggle for the women's vote is much more than just the account of the exploits of...

Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of ye...

Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon narrates this educational installment of the popular "American ...

A three-part documentary about the long road to women's suffrage in Switzerland.

Spain, 1931. Under the Second Republic, women are eligible, but cannot vote. Victoria Kent and Clara...

In 1954 Colombia, Esmeralda Arboleda leads women fighting for suffrage. During a crucial assembly de...

Born into a family of farmers in the mid-19th century, Karoline Augusta Antonsen moves to a nearby i...