suffrage

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These ranged from facts about the history of women’s suffrage to the founding of Puerto Rico’s oldest punk band, La Experiencia de Toñito Cabanillas.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

Universal suffrage is, however, practised in the breakaway region of Somaliland, which declared independence in 1991 but has never been internationally recognised.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

The suffrage coin showed a marcher with a “votes for women” sign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

The Pentagon later clarified that Hegseth doesn’t oppose women’s suffrage.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2025

Once the fighting began, most of the women who had been active in the suffrage movement suspended that work and focused their energy on the war effort.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling