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.
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They were, at best mocked or ridiculed, at worst incarcerated, tortured, or even beheaded. But they ...
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"Without a Whisper" is the untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in ...
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