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Republic of Poland 1989–present. Gdańsk ( German: Danzig; Kashubian: Gduńsk) is one of the oldest cities in Poland. Founded by the Polish ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century, the city was for a long time part of Piast state either directly or as a fief. In 1308 the city became part of the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights until 1454.
Gdynia ( Polish: [ˈɡdɨɲa] ⓘ; Kashubian: Gdiniô; German: Gdingen [ˈɡdɪŋən] ⓘ, 1939-45: Gotenhafen [ˈɡoːtn̩haːfn̩] ⓘ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257 000, it is the 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after ...
Women participated in all of the eleven national elections held up until 1757. In 1772, women's suffrage in national elections was abolished at the request of the burgher estate. Women's suffrage was first abolished for taxpaying unmarried women of legal majority, and then for widows.
The colony of South Australia allowed women to both vote and stand for election in 1894. [3] In Sweden, conditional women's suffrage was granted during the age of liberty between 1718 and 1772. [4] But it was not until the year 1919 that equality was achieved, where women's votes were valued the same as men's.
Magdalena Stenbock (14 September 1649 – 24 January 1727), was a politically active Swedish countess and salon holder. She was married to Council President Count Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna. She was recognized as an important contact by foreign diplomats and promoted an anti-French and pro-Austrian policy through her spouse and his office.
v. t. e. Women's history is the study of the role that women have played in history and the methods required to do so. It includes the study of the history of the growth of woman's rights throughout recorded history, personal achievements over a period of time, the examination of individual and groups of women of historical significance, and ...
Gdańsk lies at the mouth of the Motława River and is situated at the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay, close to the city of Gdynia and resort town of Sopot; these form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (Trójmiasto), with a population of approximately 1.5 million.
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