Epilogue

  • Erika Kuhlman
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Part of the The Palgrave Macmillan Series in Transnational History book series (PMSTH)

Abstract

It is difficult to imagine how women, either individually or collectively, could have made many political gains in the twentieth century without having first won the right to vote in several European nations and in North America shortly after the Great War. Suffragists honed their political skills while campaigning for their rights, and the franchise gave women access to ballot boxes and an opportunity to shape electoral politics at the local and national level. Participating in representative democracy through voting, organizing campaigns, and garnering support for initiatives and referenda must have made women (at least those who did participate) feel more connected to citizenship within their nations than ever before.1

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Foreign Policy United Nations International Politics Female Participation Woman Suffrage 
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