Representation of the People Act

Japanese: Representation of the People Act(英語表記)RepresentationofthePeopleAct
Representation of the People Act

During World War I, both organizations refrained from campaigning for suffrage and actively cooperated with the war effort. As a result, the Representation of the People Act of 1918 granted the right to vote to women over the age of 30, and in 1928, men and women over the age of 21 were granted the right to vote.
[America]
In the United States, some states granted women the right to vote during the colonial period, but after independence in 1787, women's suffrage became a topic of debate at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. As a result, the federal constitution did not include women's suffrage, and voting qualifications were left to the discretion of each state, so that the right to vote was limited to white men.

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Representation of the People Act" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 第1次大戦中は,どちらの組織も参政権運動をひかえ,戦争に積極的に協力した。その結果,1918年には〈人民代表法Representation of the People Act〉によって30歳以上の女性に選挙権が認められ,28年には21歳以上の男女に選挙権が認められるようになった。
[アメリカ]
 アメリカ合衆国では,植民地時代には女性に選挙権を認めていた州もあったが,独立後の1787年,フィラデルフィアの憲法会議において婦人参政権が論争の的になり,連邦憲法ではこれを規定せず,選挙資格は各州の自由にまかせることになったため,選挙権は白人男性に限定された。…

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