Suffrage Suffrage is the right to vote in an election. An important type of suffrage is universal suffrage, when all adults in a country have the right to vote without distinction by race, sex, belief, or wealth. Although it has not always been viewed...

Suffrage (from the Latin suffragium, meaning "vote") is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. In that context, it is also called political franchise or simply the franchise. In most democracies citizens or subjects above the voting age...

To the delight of some and the dismay of others, the people of California are preparing to vote, sooner or later, on removing their governor. Meanwhile, a handful of scholars are trying to stir a debate on whether Americans should have the right to...

They said letting women vote would lead to disaster. They worried it would lead to the end of family life, to war, child labor and drinking. Some said women weren't smart enough to make political decisions. But 85 years after American women won...

Britain wants to see universal suffrage introduced in its former colony of Hong Kong as soon as possible, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Monday.Beckett also played up the British legacy's role in the Chinese territory, dismissing suggestions that Britain's relationship with Hong Kong has diminished...

Women buy much of the wine purchased in the United States, and they make quite a bit of it too. But it's mostly male critics who proclaim what's prime and what's plonk.Enter the National Women's Wine Competition being held this month in Northern California. The...