Women's suffrage in Liechtenstein
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Women's suffrage in Liechtenstein was introduced on 1 July 1984, after the 1984 Liechtenstein women's suffrage referendum.[1] This was the last nation in Europe to introduced this right.
History
When the first form of suffrage was applied in Liechtenstein in 1818, voting rights were granted women provived that they were widows categorized as the head of a household, but this was soon dropped. When the first modern form of male suffrage was introduced in the constitution of 1921, women's suffrage was not even discussed. There was not any debate about the issue in the conservative Catholic country.
It was not until the 1960s, when the struggle for women's suffrage in Switzerland attracted attention, when the issue was discussed in public debate in Liechtenstein. On 7 November 1969, the first suffrage organization, the Komitee für das Frauenstimmrecht, was founded; it was followed by the Arbeitsgruppe für die Frau (1971-1986) and the Aktion Dornröschen (1981-1984).
See also
- 1968 Liechtenstein referendums
- 1971 Liechtenstein women's suffrage referendum
- 1973 Liechtenstein referendums
- 1984 Liechtenstein women's suffrage referendum
References
- ^ Thomas Ernst Wanger: Vom Frauenstudium zum Frauenwahlrecht in der Schweiz und in Liechtenstein. In: Internationaler Verein für Geschichte des Bodensees und seiner Umgebung (Hrsg.): Schriften des Vereins für Geschichte des Bodensees und seiner Umgebung. Band 122. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7995-1710-3
