How old are democracies across the world?

Re:How old are democracies across the world? by sampo on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:42AM (#30456841)

> Only New Zealand in the 19th century.

In New Zealand women could vote, but not run. Only in 1919 were women eligible to be elected to the House of Representatives. And only in 1941 were women eligible to be appointed to the Upper House.

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Re:How old are democracies across the world? by JoeAltmaier on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:46AM (#30456920)

Heck it took until the 1990's for women to be US Senators (but for an exception or two).

Curiously a US woman was a representative before women had gained the vote. So kind of topsy-turvy there.

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Re:How old are democracies across the world? by dragonwriter on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:51AM (#30456996)

> Curiously a US woman was a representative before women had gained the vote.

Before women had gained a nationally guaranteed equal right to vote; women had the vote in many states (sometimes on an unequal basis) prior to that point.

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Re:How old are democracies across the world? by eatonphil on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:44AM (#30456878)

Suffrage and ability to run are different I think but yeah point taken.

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