enfranchisement

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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

But Francis also noted that the school system was “promoted by the governmental authorities at the time” as part of a policy of assimilation and enfranchisement, in which “local Catholic institutions had a part.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 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

And she accordingly took an active part in the movement then recently originated for the enfranchisement of women, achieving an extraordinary success as a public speaker.

From The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation by Maitland, Edward