Timeline for When was the idea of universal adult suffrage first conceived, and by whom?
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| Jan 30, 2021 at 16:52 | comment | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | The most controversial part of article 6 is that it doesn't actually mention elections or voting of any kind but the general will of the people and thus that it was equally interpretable as enabling totalitarianism of various kinds. | |
| Jan 30, 2021 at 16:47 | comment | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | @Steve222: possibly, but I think it's a more complicated discussion because neither de Gouges' nor the original declaration mention voting explicitly. And article VI of the original (whom can influence law making) only says citizens, not men in particular. de Gouges' version instead is a more explicit "All citizens including women". | |
| Jan 30, 2021 at 15:29 | comment | added | sba222 | @Fizz By the sounds of it, at least the France where I assume the concept of universal manhood suffrage originated, the missing constituency appear to have been women, as opposed to religious minorities? In that case the 1791 Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen by Olympe de Gouges would be a key document? | |
| Jan 30, 2021 at 8:28 | history | edited | 264 champagne bottles on ice | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 30, 2021 at 3:59 | comment | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | Likewise if socialists talked about it, but prioritized on aspect over another, did they come up with the concept? Etc. | |
| Jan 30, 2021 at 3:58 | comment | added | David Siegel | It could be a useful starting point for the history of the idea. If it is significantly earlier or later than people expect, it could give useful context for the part you described above. If the question doesn't seem answerable or useful, one need not answer. | |
| Jan 30, 2021 at 3:52 | comment | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | @DavidSiegel: I doubt that establishing priority is either going to be easy or incredibly useful in this case. If some writer like J.S. Mill talked about it, but in bad terms, does that mean they came up with it? | |
| Jan 30, 2021 at 3:31 | comment | added | David Siegel | This is interesting, and useful, but doesn't answer the question as asked. Who first proposed the general idea of universal adult suffrage? as oppose to who got it adopted or worked for it. | |
| Jan 30, 2021 at 0:26 | history | answered | 264 champagne bottles on ice | CC BY-SA 4.0 |