The Suffrage - Word vs. Violence
“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.” This simple line written by Mary Wollstonecraft in her book A vindication of the rights of Woman (1758) produce a sentiment that many today takes for granted; The right for a woman to have power over herself, to live her own life and to vote. The sadness in this remark is that it would take another 160 years before all women in Britain over the age of 30 with the minimum property qualifications had the power to vote, and another 10 until all women over 21 got the same rights. The militant ways of the British suffrage is widely known, meanwhile the ways of most Suffrage movements use of journalism and diplomatic enterprises are often overlooked. The suffrage for women’s rights has been a big political question since the middle of the 19th century, but like all political affairs the ways to go about it are many. Comparing these ways to see what truly brought the first big step to equality is important, and looking deeper into the way the different suffrage used is important to see what really brought a change in the minds of the politicians of the day, both Swedish and British. the question is really this; How did women achieve suffrage, and …show more content…
It was voted down with 44 pros and 53 cons. The politicians of the day said that the main reason of this outcome was that women themselves had not asked for the right of the vote. In 1899 this was complied when Agda Montelius representing the Fredrika-Bremer-Foundation presented a motion, they did not get a reply. Many motions was laid forward, but being on such local basis the motions were never taken seriously. It was when the Swedish Country Association for Women’s Suffrage, or CAWS was created in 1903 that the Swedish Suffrage
“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.” This simple line written by Mary Wollstonecraft in her book A vindication of the rights of Woman (1758) produce a sentiment that many today takes for granted; The right for a woman to have power over herself, to live her own life and to vote. The sadness in this remark is that it would take another 160 years before all women in Britain over the age of 30 with the minimum property qualifications had the power to vote, and another 10 until all women over 21 got the same rights. The militant ways of the British suffrage is widely known, meanwhile the ways of most Suffrage movements use of journalism and diplomatic enterprises are often overlooked. The suffrage for women’s rights has been a big political question since the middle of the 19th century, but like all political affairs the ways to go about it are many. Comparing these ways to see what truly brought the first big step to equality is important, and looking deeper into the way the different suffrage used is important to see what really brought a change in the minds of the politicians of the day, both Swedish and British. the question is really this; How did women achieve suffrage, and …show more content…
It was voted down with 44 pros and 53 cons. The politicians of the day said that the main reason of this outcome was that women themselves had not asked for the right of the vote. In 1899 this was complied when Agda Montelius representing the Fredrika-Bremer-Foundation presented a motion, they did not get a reply. Many motions was laid forward, but being on such local basis the motions were never taken seriously. It was when the Swedish Country Association for Women’s Suffrage, or CAWS was created in 1903 that the Swedish Suffrage