Suffrage example sentences

Events of February 1848 in France had brought about the abdication of the monarch and a republic based on universal male suffrage had been proclaimed.Despite this they were denied suffrage rights during the election of the Assembly.From the early twentieth century, they formed political pressure groups to push through laws for female suffrage (the right to vote) and better health care and education for women.However, the Napoleonic Code went back to limited suffrage and reduced women to the status of a minor, subject to the authority of fathers and husbands.Yet, equality before the law did not necessarily stand for universal suffrage.A National Assembly proclaimed a Republic, granted suffrage to all adult males above 21, and guaranteed the right to work.Nationalist leaders promised that there would be full suffrage for all men and women after Independence.This is called 'universal adult franchise' or 'universal suffrage'.Russia's future would be decided by a constituent assembly, elected on the basis of universal adult suffrage.Only for a brief period under the Jacobins did all adult males enjoy suffrage.The box here tells us when universal suffrage was granted in many countries of the world.