In the context of Western feminism, especially US history, suffrage refers to the right to vote and the opportunity to do so with no limitations based on the gender of the individual. With voting rights, also, indirectly comes the capacity to hold public office. In the US, women gained the right to vote, nationally, with the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920 that prohibited gender-based discrimination in voting practices. However, some states already laws in practice by then. Notably, women's right to vote was included into international law in 1948 with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the U.N.
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