Women and the Right to Vote

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Across
  1. 2. – Wartime role through which many women gained civic recognition
  2. 5. – Where soldiers had to serve for women to qualify
  3. 7. – Goal of women’s political activism
  4. 11. – To legally grant the right to vote
  5. 13. – Progress toward equal political rights
  6. 14. – Someone campaigning for women’s voting rights
  7. 17. – Prime minister who expanded women’s voting rights in 1917
  8. 18. – Legislative change expanding democratic rights
  9. 19. – Country where women fought for political inclusion
Down
  1. 1. – The movement for women’s right to vote
  2. 3. – What women sought in government
  3. 4. – Women could vote if they had one serving overseas
  4. 6. – Requirement women had to meet under the 1917 rules
  5. 8. – Status strengthened by the expansion of voting rights
  6. 9. – Group first granted the vote under the Wartime Elections Act
  7. 10. – Legal changes during the war that affected voting eligibility
  8. 12. – Controversial 1917 issue tied to voting changes
  9. 15. – System improved by extending suffrage to women
  10. 16. – Level where most women gained the vote in 1918