Why did not French women obtain the right to vote before 1944?
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Factors that caused the delay
- The weakness of feminism
- The ideology of universalism
- The opposition of the Radical party
- Ideological forces against women in politics
- Specific analysis of the period before and during World War II
- The ordinance of April 21, 1944: 'Women can vote'
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
Abstract
France was the first country to establish male universal suffrage but one of the last Western states to institute Universal Suffrage: french women were not granted the right to vote before 1944. Many historians have pointed out this apparent anomaly and have used the idea of "le retard français", the french delay. International comparisons support this idea
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