Women's Suffrage

The women's suffrage is the right of women to vote and stand as a candidate. General women's suffrage was first introduced in 1893 in New Zealand. ==Netherlands[ Edit] == Until the beginning of the 20th century, only men were allowed to vote in Netherlands if they met certain requirements.

In the Constitution of 1917 was universal suffrage introduced. It was the right to stand as a candidate for both men and women made possible universal suffrage, but the asset was opened just for men, although the Constitution made it possible that the law also extended the right to vote to women. Suze Groeneweg was In 1918 for theSDAP was the first woman to be elected in the Second Room .

In september 1918, the House member Hendrik Pieter M a initiatiefwet in establishing their right to vote for women, that under the pressure of the revolutionary movements in Germany and also in Netherlands is adopted in 1919. The first woman who made use of the active voice in Netherlands law was Maria Elisabeth (Elise) Saini-Sabet (Gronsveld, 10 september 1876 – 26 november 1941). As the wife of Mayor Hubert Saini of the municipality Gronsveld (Limburg) she spent on Saturday 15 May 1920 in the municipal elections of Gronsveld was the first woman to be her voice from [1]. In the Dutch general election of 1922 in Netherlands for the first time all women could use the active right to vote. The parties who so long had resistance against women's suffrage, the Protestant and Catholic parties, turned out to have great benefits. Universal suffrage for women and men was with the Constitution of 1922 in the Constitution.

Women's suffrage in Netherlands was promoted by the Society for women's suffrage was founded in 1894 by Wilhelmine Drucker, Annette Versluys-Pal and Aletta Jacobs.

In Netherlands was still only the SGP to 2013 against the passive women's suffrage. [2] ==Belgium[ Edit] == In Belgium were among other things Marie Popelin and Emilie Cameron for fighters of the women's law. It wasn't until after the first world war the democracy movement was launched that hard-won women this right.

In the constitutional revision of 1921 was the universal single suffrage introduced; This system inaugurated the principle of one person one vote. Women only got the right to vote at municipal level, however, large oorlogsweduwen were allowed to cast their vote at national level. However, the introduction of universal suffrage for all women in prospect. There was an article in the Constitution that stipulated that women's suffrage could be approved in a special law . This would only happen after the Second World War in 1948.