enfranchisement

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Throughout the 1970s, the pursuit of public aid, affirmative action and political enfranchisement was funneled by federal policymakers into private enterprise.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

When I first started reading about Guam, I imagined the solution was enfranchisement, voting rights, equal opportunity under the law, statehood: more so-called American ideals.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023

“We still started a conversation about teen enfranchisement, and I think that’s really valuable regardless of outcome,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022

When you talk with people about full enfranchisement for Black Americans that conversation usually starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2022

My father, an early and an earnest advocate of Female enfranchisement, used to counsel Lord Beaconsfield that to enfranchise women would be to establish the Conservative party for a century, at least.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella