A History of Women In Politics

Women around the world have fought for their rights to vote in elections and have the rights to run in elections as well. And as the video below will show, in America alone they have gained a lot of rights in these ways.

A Timeline of international Women in politics

As the timeline above shows 1920 was one of the biggest steps towards women's ability to do anything with politics in North America, as it is when in America they gained the right to vote, although in Canada it wasn't until 1960 that every woman had the right to vote, and until 1991 that we had our first female premier, named Rita Johnston, which was a huge step forwards in Canadian women's political abilities.

Fighting for the rights to be equal and have this power took a long time though, and was not a quick and easy solution. Two very key factors in this achievement was gaining equality and having the same rights, and educating everyone equally. Giving women the rights to an equal education also empowered them to be able to get their standing in politics and have more control in their countries, without the education standards in many of the places where women have the ability to run in elections, they would not have this right, and overall the quality of life would be lowered for everyone.