How old are democracies across the world?

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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