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A Short History on the Women's Suffrage in the Philippines


SunStar
SunStar File
March 09, 2021
IN A world where men dominated, and quite frankly continue to dominate, women had to fight, and continue to fight, for their place.
The Philippines has come a long way before women were able to exercise their rights.
Before women were allowed to vote and take part in politics, the 1935 Constitution only allowed male Filipino citizens aged 21 or older to vote.
Hoping to ignite a suffrage movement in the country, American suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt visited the Philippines in 1912.
Concepcion Felix de Calderon, one of the earliest feminist and human rights activist in the country, and Purificacion Pura Villanueva Kalaw, the first Queen of Manila Carnival (now Miss Philippines and Binibining Pilipinas) and the founder of Asociacion Feminista Ilongga, together with many other women, created the Society for the Advancement of Women. ....

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