manhood suffrage
Britishnoun
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Witness all the Reform Acts in 19th Century Britain and the decision of French liberals in 1848 to approve universal manhood suffrage.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2023
Its secondary goals, the “in the meantime” activities, were focused on securing universal manhood suffrage and trying to shore up the quality of life of workers.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
They argued for universal manhood suffrage, or voting rights for all White male adults.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
They tried, instead, to reform the election laws so that Japan's universal manhood suffrage would be supplanted by votes for no one except family heads and military reservists.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jamie smiled with as much satisfaction as if for the first time there had been conferred upon him manhood suffrage, the freedom of the city of London, and a batch of Oxford honors.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
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