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On November 12, 1918, Germany's revolutionary government, the Council of People's Representatives, granted equal, secret, direct, universal suffrage to all "male and female persons at least 20 years of age".
On January 19, 1919, the time had come: women voted in the German parliament for the first time - and allowed themselves to be elected. A huge step towards equal rights - and 87 percent of all women eligible to vote went along with it!
Out of 300 female candidates, 37 were elected to the Reichstag, a share of just under nine percent
was only reached again in the German Bundestag in 1983.
Further information and comments from female politicians can be downloaded in the flyer below.
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