Universal Suffrage and the Right to Vote
•In 1900 only one country allowed women to vote
•1950 = 69
•1975 = 129
•Despite the right to vote their were still differences in education and pay
•1950 = 69
•1975 = 129
•Despite the right to vote their were still differences in education and pay
Summary: At the beginning of the 1900's New Zealand was the only country that allowed women to vote. In 1975 still only 129 countries allowed women to vote!
Question: Would the world be a different place if women were always equal with men?
…while women represent fifty percent of the world’s population, they perform nearly two-thirds of all working hours, receive only one-tenth of the world’s income and own less than one percent of the world’s property”