Sunday, March 05, 2006

Female suffrage in Latin America

Ok, so I'm not sure whether or not all sections are reviewing the same thing or not, but I thought this might be interesting to know anyway:

Chronology of women's suffrage:

1788 - United States of America (to stand for election) ---- put it here more for reference than anything else
1929 - Ecuador*
1931 - Chile*
1932 - Uruguay
1934 - Brazil, Cuba
1938 - Bolivia*
1939 - El Salvador (to vote)
1941 - Panama*
1942 - Dominican Republic
1944 - Jamaica
1945 - Guyana (to stand for election),
1946 - Guatemala, Panama**, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
1947 - Argentina, Mexico (to vote)
1948 - Suriname
1949 - Chile**, Costa Rica
1950 - Barbados, Haiti
1951 - Antigua and Barbuda
1952 - Bolivia**
1953 - Guyana (to vote), Mexico (to stand for election)
1954 - Belize, Colombia
1955 - Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru
1961 - Bahamas*, El Salvador (to stand for election), Paraguay
1964 - Bahamas**
1967 - Ecuador**

* Right subject to conditions or restrictions
** Restrictions or conditions lifted

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