The struggle for female suffrage in Europe : voting to become citizens / edited by Blanca Rodríguez-Ruiz, Ruth Rubio-Marín.

By comparing women's access to suffrage in the countries that make up the European Union, The Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe provides a retelling of the story of how citizenship was gradually coined in Europe from the perspective of women.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : transition to modernity, the conquest of female suffrage and women's citizenship / Blanca Rodríguez-Ruiz and Ruth Rubio-Marín -- A long tradition of equality : women's suffrage in Finland / Aura Korppi-Tommola -- Democratisation of Denmark : the inclusion of women in political citizenship / Christina Fiig and Birte Siim -- The development of women's rights in Lithuania : striving for political equality / Toma Birmontienė and Virginija Jurėnienė -- Winning women's vote : experience from Latvia / Aija Branta -- Suffrage and the nation : women's vote in Estonia / Helen Biin and Anneli Albi -- Winning women's vote in Germany / Ute Sacksofsky -- Polish women's fight for suffrage / Małgorzata Fuszara -- Female suffrage in Luxembourg / Sonja Kmec -- The women's vote in The Netherlands : from the 'Houseman's vote' to full citizenship / Inge Bleijenbergh and Jet Bussemaker -- Gaining the vote in a world in transition : female suffrage in Austria / Birgitta Bader-Zaar -- Mothers of the nation : women's vote in the Czech Republic / Dana Musilová -- The contexts of national and gender belonging : the history of female suffrage in Slovakia / Lʹubica Kobová -- How women gained suffrage in Sweden : a weave of alliances / Lena Wängnerud -- Divisions and debates : the Irish suffrage experience / Myrtle Hill -- Female suffrage in Great Britain / Krista Cowman -- Constructing women's citizenship : the conquest of suffrage and women's political rights in Spain / Ana Aguado -- The difficult struggle for women's political rights in France / Sylvie Chaperon -- Women's suffrage in Bulgaria / Krassimira Daskalova -- Female suffrage in Slovenia / Irena Selišnik -- The achievement of female suffrage in Romania / Roxana Cheşchebec -- From the struggle for suffrage to the construction of a fragile gender citizenship : Italy 1861-2009 / Susanna Mancini -- Female suffrage in Malta / Ruth Farrugia -- Caught between strategic positions and principles of equality : female suffrage in Belgium / Petra Meier -- Development defined by paradoxes : Hungarian history and female suffrage / Csilla Kollonay-Lehoczky -- So difficult to be considered as citizens : the history of women's suffrage in Greece, 1864-2001 / Demetra Samiou -- Women's suffrage in Cyprus / Kalliope Agapiou-Josephides -- Winning women's vote : female suffrage in Portugal / Maria Lúcia Amaral and Teresa Anjinho.

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