1919 to be exact. The effort of women in war and their actions in stopping the Spanish flu gave the movement the final push it needed to achieve success, fairly early in the grand scheme of things. However it was a fairly hollow victory since mainly only rich upper class women could vote. While other women could vote on paper, the multitude of classist measures such as polling taxes, limited polling hours and polls, literacy tests, and racial profiling limited the availability of voting.
Wish they would’ve put the US in here for easier comparison.
Somewhere in 1920’s if I’m not mistaken?
1919 to be exact. The effort of women in war and their actions in stopping the Spanish flu gave the movement the final push it needed to achieve success, fairly early in the grand scheme of things. However it was a fairly hollow victory since mainly only rich upper class women could vote. While other women could vote on paper, the multitude of classist measures such as polling taxes, limited polling hours and polls, literacy tests, and racial profiling limited the availability of voting.
Thanks!