CSS: Gender Studies - Gender and Governance
Topics Covered: Suffragist Movement Gender Issues in Women as Voters Gender Issues in Women as Candidates/Representative Impact of Women Political Quota/Participation in Pakistan Suffragist Movement in the USA Suffragist Movement Suffrage means the right to vote in political elections. It is a sad fact that throughout history, there have been many restrictions placed on who can and can’t vote, based on things like age, gender, race, education, wealth and social status. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, men in the UK, USA and other parts of world had the right to vote but women did not. Many people – including women – didn’t believe that women should be able to vote. Even Queen Victoria called the fight for women’s rights a “mad, wicked folly” – despite being a powerful woman herself! In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many women started to campaign for women’s rights. ...