Mexican women fell under the Spanish Community Property Law--Spanish women could legally own separate property, and write legally-binding wills for that property, from the time they first settled in the Americas in the 1500's.
With the 19th amendment in 1920
The women of Oregon gained the right to vote in 1912.
The Declaration of the Rights of Women (1791) promised rights to women, but there was not enough time between the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon for these rights to be recognized, since Napoleonic Code did not recognize women's rights.
1948
Susan B. Anthony
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It appears that single and widowed women have held the right to own property in Canada prior to 1809 and most likely from the time that property could be owned at all in Canada. Married women did not gain the right to own their own property until 1859.
The Suffragettes
The women of Greece were given the right to vote in 1952
In the United States, the first group to gain the right to vote were white male property owners. This typically excluded women, Native Americans, African Americans, and non-property-owning white men.
Women gain the right to vote in 1919.
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The purpose of women's suffrage was for women to gain the right to vote.
Their right to vote.
Suffrage, or the right to vote.
1917
The women of Oregon gained the right to vote in 1912.