Suffrage
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It is widely believed today that when women were enfranchised they achieved a state that men had enjoyed for a long time. This is a myth. In many countries men achieved the vote only a few years before women. In Britain, for example, men became fully enfranchised in 1918 and women in 1928. Had women been fully enfranchised in 1918 along with men they would have constituted a majority of voters. Some historians think this was the reason why full enfranchisement for women was delayed.