From Hope To Deception: The Illusion Of Female Suffrage In Portuguese Republican Revolution 1910

Authors

  • João Esteves Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Estudos de História Contemporânea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i15.410

Keywords:

1st Republic, women’s suffrage, Carolina Beatriz Ângelo, the Constituent National Assembly, Parliament, electoral legislation

Abstract

Following the republican revolution of October 5, 1910, to claim the women's suffrage became a topic of debate, involving women's organizations, politicians, parliamentarians (deputies and senators), governors, ministers, heads of government, Presidents of the Republic, judges and courts. The discussion lasted for sixteen years the 1st Republic and, at first, the rupture of powers was favorable to the suffragists’ aspirations. Once the institutional situation was normalized, the disappointment came, at the refusal of the restricted voting rights for women.

Enviado el (Submission Date): 17/04/2014
Aceptado el (Acceptance Date): 23/05/2014

Author Biography

João Esteves, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Estudos de História Contemporânea

Professor e Historiador. Autor de livros, artigos, biografias, comunicações e conferências sobre o associativismo político, republicano, maçónico, feminino e feminista das mulheres na 1.ª metade do séc. XX. Colaboração em dicionários, exposições, catálogos e obras coletivas.

Published

2014-07-29

Issue

Section

Sufragio, mujeres y constitucionalismo