sep 20, 1917 - Women Granted Suffrage

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Mothers, sisters, and wives of soldiers, along with women in the military, were granted the right to vote federally under the Wartime Elections Act and Military Voters Act. More women received the right to vote in federal elections the following year. However, racialized women did not begin to receive the right to vote until the late-1940s.

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