History Short: The First Country with Equal Rights for Women #Shorts

On July 20, 1906, Finland ratified a law guaranteeing equal rights to women to vote in political elections, the first independent country to do so. The text narrated in this video is from the original article at www.historyandheadlines.com/history-short-the-firs… Author: Major Dan Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Danish_women_thank… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Female_Parli… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Mayer,_The_A… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Khartoum_Place2.JP… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SovietWoman1920.jp… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stamp-US-1970-Woma… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suffragette_banner… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victory_Women%27s_… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Votes_For_Women.jp… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Women%27s_Suffrage… The image available at gifimage.net/animated-fire-gif-transparent-backgro… is used briefly in a video intended for educational purposes per fair use. The images by Edurs34 available at pixabay.com/illustrations/board-chalk-chalkboard-e… and by StefWithAnF available at pixabay.com/videos/girl-shouting-emotion-anger-wom… are licensed under the Pixabay License: pixabay.com/service/license/ Images used in this video are believed to be (based on their file descriptions at the time of access by us) either in the public domain or available per a Creative Commons license or per “fair use”. No copyright infringement is intended. If you are the originator of any image used in this video and would like us to name you and/or include a link to the original source in this video’s description, we will gladly do so. Please support this channel on Patreon at www.patreon.com/historyandheadlines Thank you for watching this video!

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