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Preferred term

women legislators  

Definition(s)

  • The process of granting formal political rights to women, including the right to vote and stand for election, began in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The first self-governing country to introduce unrestricted women's suffrage was New Zealand in 1893. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Women Legislators]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RZ46WC19-7

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