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• n  a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment

• She headed the New York suffrage movement, organizing two campaigns that won the state vote for women in 1917.
• Twitter LinkedIn Facebook the political opposition in Hong Kong, the biggest issue is universal suffrage, whereby the Chief Executive and all of the Legislative Council are elected .
• The resources below offer additional perpsectives and background on the struggle for women's suffrage, the importance of voting rights and opportunities for young people to become .

• right to vote
• vote

News & Articles

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• Old Safe Reveals Historical Relics For Women's Suffrage Group
  On the 125th anniversary of the the National Council of Women of the United States, the organization teamed up with the University of Rochester to open an old safe painted with the words: "Women's Suffrage Party." No one knew what was in the safe or when it had last been opened.
  June 26, 2013 - NPR
• 'Woman Suffrage Party' Safe to be Opened Tuesday
  A more than a decade-old mystery about the contents within the Woman's Suffrage Party safe will be unlocked today.
  June 25, 2013 - YNN Rochester
• Woman Suffrage Party's Old Safe To Be Unlocked Tomorrow
  A metal safe emblazoned with the words "Woman Suffrage Party" has been locked up tight right here in New York, with its combination long forgotten. That is, until tomorrow , when a locksmith winds its dial to an era long passed and opens the safe, which sits in the Manhattan office of the National Council of Women of the United States, an organization founded by Susan B. Anthony and Clara Barton ...
  June 24, 2013 - Gothamist

Quotes

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• Donald Tsang in Washington Post
  A timetable for obtaining universal suffrage has been set,Donald Tsang said. "Hong Kong is entering a most important chapter of its constitutional history."
• Anson Chan in International Herald Tribune
  The result of this election indicates that Hong Kong people are anxious to put forward democracy. We think we're all ready to implement universal suffrage in 2012,Chan said on hearing her election win. "I'm sure that the (Hong Kong)...
• Lee Cheuk Yan in AFP
  I don't want fake democracy. I want genuine universal suffrage,Lee Cheuk-yan, lawmaker and general secretary of the Confederation of Trade Unions, chanted through a loudspeaker.